13-letter words containing l, o, e, r
- mail exploder — (messaging) Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
- major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- major release — (programming) A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
- major-leaguer — a member of a major-league team.
- majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- many-coloured — having many colours
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marginal note — aside
- marmalade box — genipap.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- material mode — the normal use of language that refers to extra-linguistic subjects without explicit mention of the words themselves. Fido is a dog is in the material mode, while "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- memorial park — cemetery.
- memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
- memorializing — Present participle of memorialize.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- meteorologist — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.