15-letter words containing l, i, m, e, r
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- neomercantilism — an economic doctrine or policy during the early 20th century that set high tariffs and other import restrictions in order to protect domestic industries.
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- netmarq limited — A small technical consultancy specialising in the testing of network components. They do performance tests of network interface cards, routers, hubs, file servers, etc. To reflect the marketplace, most tests are carried out in a Novell NetWare environment, although they can equally well use Lan server, Banyan Vines, NT Advanced Server, IBM PC Support. They claim to be Europe's leading such test lab and compete with US Labs such as LanQuest and NSTL. They also do some network design, installation, support, and troubleshooting. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- neuroanatomical — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- neuroimmunology — a branch of immunology concerned with the interactions between immunological and nervous system functions, especially as they apply to various autoimmune diseases.
- nigger minstrel — a performer who puts on blackface (exaggerated negro-like make-up) usually to perform songs associated with the American South
- nil desperandum — never despair
- nimble-fingered — able to move the fingers agilely, quickly, and neatly
- noli me tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
- noli-me-tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
- non-detrimental — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- non-equilibrium — a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces.
- non-ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- noninstrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
- old father time — time personified
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- oliver cromwell — Oliver, 1599–1658, English general, Puritan statesman, and Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1653–58.
- omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
- omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
- over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
- over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
- overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
- overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
- parliamentarian — a person who is expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative assemblies and other formal organizations.
- parliamentarily — in a parliamentary manner
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- pellicle mirror — a fixed mirror in a single-lens reflex camera that reflects some of the light entering the lens to the ground-glass view screen while permitting most of the light to pass through to the film.
- peltier element — an electronic device consisting of metal strips between which alternate strips of n-type and p-type semiconductors are connected. Passage of a current causes heat to be absorbed from one set of metallic strips and emitted from the other by the Peltier effect
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
- photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- picture element — (graphics) (pixel) The smallest resolvable rectangular area of an image, either on a screen or stored in memory. Each pixel in a monochrome image has its own brightness, from 0 for black to the maximum value (e.g. 255 for an eight-bit pixel) for white. In a colour image, each pixel has its own brightness and colour, usually represented as a triple of red, green and blue intensities (see RGB). Compare voxel.