16-letter words containing l, a, m, p, n
- lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
- loop combination — A program transformation where the bodies of two loops are merged into one thus reducing the overhead of manipulating and testing the control variable and branching. Further optimisation of the merged code may then become possible. In horizontal loop combination the bodies of the loops are largely independent so only the loop overhead is saved. Vertical loop combination applies where the results of the first loop are used by the second. Combining the two allows the intermediate results to be used immediately (in registers) rather than requiring them to be stored in an array. The functional equivalent of horizontal and vertical loop combination are tupling and fusion.
- lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- lymphangiography — x-ray visualization of lymph vessels and nodes following injection of a contrast medium.
- mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
- make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
- malapportionment — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- mamihlapinatapai — A situation in which all participants want something to be done, but none want to do it.
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- marsupialization — (surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
- menstrual cramps — pain in the lower abdomen as well as possibly in the lower back and legs associated with menstruation
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- mental telepathy — telepathy.
- mercantile paper — commercial paper.
- methyl parathion — a synthetic pesticide, C 8 H 1 0 NO 5 PS, used in the control of mites and various insects, as aphids, boll weevils, and cutworms.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
- monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
- montpelier maple — a maple, Acer monspessulanum, that is native to southern Europe and Northwest Africa
- morris plan bank — a private banking organization, formerly common in the U.S., designed primarily to grant small loans to industrial workers.
- multiprogramming — multitasking
- municipalization — (economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
- mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
- natural monopoly — the situation when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier
- neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
- non-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- non-metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
- onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
- palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
- palmer peninsula — former name of Antarctic Peninsula.
- palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
- palomar mountain — mountain in SW Calif., near San Diego: site of an astronomical observatory: 6,140 ft (1,871 m)
- panama hat plant — jipijapa (sense 1)
- panama-hat plant — jipijapa (def 1).
- parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
- pascal's limacon — limaçon.
- pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm