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

  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • mechanic's lien — a lien secured on property, as an automobile, building, or the like, by the contractor who has repaired or built it, in order to ensure payment for labor and materials.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
  • mechanical twin — a crystalline twin formed by the strain set up by an applied force.
  • mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
  • mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
  • medal for merit — a medal awarded by the U.S. to a civilian for distinguished service to the country: discontinued after World War II.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
  • medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
  • 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.
  • medicinal leech — a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long: once used by physicians to bleed patients.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
  • melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
  • melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
  • melville island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, N of Canada, belonging to Canada. 200 miles (320 km) long; 130 miles (210 km) wide.
  • memorialization — to commemorate.
  • memory location — (storage)   A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size).
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • 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.
  • merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
  • meridian circle — a transit instrument provided with a graduated vertical scale, used to measure the declinations of heavenly bodies and to determine the time of meridian transits.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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