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15-letter words containing l, i, m, e

  • metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
  • metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
  • metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
  • metallo-organic — organometallic.
  • metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
  • metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
  • metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
  • metropolitanism — 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.
  • metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
  • mezzanine floor — intermediate level in a building
  • michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • microcontroller — A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.
  • microelectronic — A microelectronic device.
  • micromillimeter — Synonym of nanometer.
  • microsoft excel — (tool)   A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
  • microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
  • microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
  • mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • middelmannetjie — (South Africa) Ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road.
  • middle american — average middle-class Americans as a group, as distinguished from the rich or poor or the politically extreme.
  • middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
  • middle palisade — a mountain of the Sierra Nevada in EC California, one of the Palisades Peaks in the Sierra Nevada 14,040 feet (4279 meters).
  • middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
  • miles and miles — a long distance
  • miles gloriosus — a braggart soldier, esp as a stock figure in comedy
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • milkweed beetle — any of several small red, black-spotted elongated beetles of the genus Tetraopes, common in eastern North America, that inhabit the milkweed.
  • milkweed family — the plant family Asclepiadaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines having simple, opposite or whorled leaves, usually milky juice, umbellike clusters of small flowers, and long pods that split open to release tufted, airborne seeds, and including the anglepod, butterfly weed, milkweed, stephanotis, and wax plant.
  • milliequivalent — a unit of measure, applied to electrolytes, that expresses the combining power of a substance. Abbreviation: mEq.
  • milling machine — a machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.
  • millionairesses — Plural form of millionairess.
  • miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
  • mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
  • mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
  • mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • 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.
  • miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
  • miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
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