19-letter words containing m, a, r, l, d
- electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
- electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
- environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
- euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
- frederick william i — 1688–1740, king of Prussia 1713–40.
- geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
- germander speedwell — a speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys, having blue flowers.
- giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
- gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
- golden lion tamarin — a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.
- goodwill ambassador — an ambassador who shows goodwill to another country, organization, etc, on behalf of his or her own country, organization, etc
- grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
- handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
- hermetically sealed — airtight
- imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
- interdenominational — occurring between, involving, or common to different religious denominations.
- interdepartmentally — involving or existing between two or more departments: interdepartmental rivalry.
- intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
- internal hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- interstellar medium — the matter occurring between the stars of our Galaxy, largely in the spiral arms, and consisting mainly of huge clouds of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen
- kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
- komandorski islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, in NE Russia, E of the Kamchatka Peninsula: U.S.-Japan naval battle, 1943.
- lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
- landrum-griffin act — an act of Congress (1959) outlawing secondary boycotts, requiring public disclosure of the financial records of unions, and guaranteeing the use of secret ballots in union voting.
- large munsterlander — a strongly built gun dog with a long dense black-and-white coat
- lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
- lead someone astray — If someone or something leads you astray, they make you believe something that is not true, causing you to make a wrong decision.
- leading aircraftman — the rank above aircraftman
- limited partnership — a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.
- line of demarcation — a separation between things deemed to be distinct
- lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
- lucia di lammermoor — an opera (1835) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
- maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
- mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
- medical certificate — a document stating the result of a satisfactory medical examination
- melodic minor scale — minor scale (def 2).
- mermaid's wineglass — a colony of green algae, Acetabularia crenulata, of warm seas, having a cup-shaped cap on a slender stalk.
- meter-candle-second — a unit of light-exposure equivalent to one lux for one second.
- midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
- mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
- moses-in-the-cradle — a plant, Rhoeo spathacea, native to the West Indies and Central America, having leaves with purple undersides and white flowers enclosed in a boat-shaped envelope formed by two bracts.
- mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
- muhammadan calendar — Muslim calendar.
- mulheim an der ruhr — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, near Essen.
- normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
- nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world