16-letter words containing l, i, n, e, d, r

medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
middle westerner — the region of the United States bounded on the W by the Rocky Mountains, on the S by the Ohio River and the S extremities of Missouri and Kansas, and on the E, variously, by the Allegheny Mountains, the E border of Ohio, or the E border of Illinois.
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
modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
nibble mode dram — (storage) A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
no/little wonder — If you say 'no wonder', 'little wonder', or 'small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising.
non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
nuclear medicine — diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
oder-neisse line — the boundary between Poland and East Germany after World War II.
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
oligodendroglial — Of or pertaining to the oligodendroglia.
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
order in council — (in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council
ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
oriental emerald — a green variety of corundum used as a gemstone
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
parallelepipedon — a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
pass-band filter — band-pass filter
pencil and paper — An archaic information storage and transmission device that works by depositing smears of graphite on bleached wood pulp. More recent developments in paper-based technology include improved "write-once" update devices which use tiny rolling heads similar to mouse balls to deposit coloured pigment. All these devices require an operator skilled at so-called "handwriting" technique. These technologies are ubiquitous outside hackerdom, but nearly forgotten inside it. Most hackers had terrible handwriting to begin with, and years of keyboarding tend to have encouraged it to degrade further. Perhaps for this reason, hackers deprecate pencil-and-paper technology and often resist using it in any but the most trivial contexts.
percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.

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