15-letter words containing l, i, t, s
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- lower criticism — a form of Biblical criticism having as its purpose the reconstruction of the original texts of the books of the Bible.
- lower east side — a section in the borough of Manhattan, New York: noted for its immigrant culture.
- loyalty islands — a group of coral islands in the S Pacific belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km).
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- lusatian neisse — a river in E Europe, rising near Liberec in the Czech Republic and flowing north to join the Oder: forms part of the German-Polish border. Length: 225 km (140 miles)
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- mail user agent — (messaging) (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
- main royal mast — the part of the mainmast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, the main topgallantmast.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- malassimilation — imperfect incorporation of nutrients into body tissue.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- manorial system — manorialism.
- manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
- marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
- market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
- martensitically — in a martensitic manner
- masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- materialisation — Alternative spelling of materialization.
- materialistical — Alternative form of materialistic.
- mean solar time — time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.
- mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- medical student — trainee doctor
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
- 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.
- michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
- 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.
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.