15-letter words containing l, a, t, i, n
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- minimum tillage — no-tillage.
- ministerialists — Plural form of ministerialist.
- minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
- mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
- mongolian idiot — a person affected with Down syndrome
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- monomethylamine — methylamine.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- mountain laurel — any of various ericaceous shrubs or trees of the genus Kalmia, esp K. latifolia of E North America, which has leathery poisonous leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
- multilocational — found or operating in several locations
- multimillennial — relating to or encompassing several millennia
- multinationally — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
- multinucleolate — having two or more nucleoli
- multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
- multum in parvo — much in a small space
- municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
- mythologization — The act or process of mythologizing.
- nail technician — a person whose job is to take care of and decorate people's fingernails
- naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
- name resolution — (networking) The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- nation of islam — an organization composed chiefly of African Americans, advocating the teachings of Islam and originally favoring the separation of black and white racial groups in the United States: members are known as Black Muslims.
- nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
- national anthem — official song of a country
- national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
- national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
- national income — the total net earnings from the production of goods and services in a country over a period of time, usually one year, and consisting essentially of wages, salaries, rent, profits, and interest.
- national league — the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.
- national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
- national status — the status of someone as regarding their citizenship of a country
- nationalisation — Act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
- nationalization — to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land: a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- native language — first language, mother tongue
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.