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16-letter words containing l, o, c, s

  • mock turtle soup — a rich, clear soup prepared to resemble green turtle soup, made with a calf's head or other meat, seasonings, and often with wine.
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
  • monosyllabically — In single syllables.
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • mortgagee clause — a clause attached to a fire-insurance policy for protecting a mortgagee against loss or damage.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
  • multiple factors — polygene.
  • musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
  • musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
  • mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
  • mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system)   (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
  • mutual recursion — recursion
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • nasal applicator — A nasal applicator is a device for administering medication through the nose.
  • nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
  • national costume — traditional dress
  • national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  • natural resource — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
  • nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
  • neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
  • non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • non-solicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • nonrecourse loan — a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
  • nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
  • oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
  • objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
  • occasional table — a small table with no regular use
  • oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
  • oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
  • on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
  • open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
  • opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
  • optical illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
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