16-letter words containing m, a, r
- intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
- interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
- interministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- internationalism — the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good, sometimes as contrasted with nationalism, or devotion to the interests of a particular nation.
- intertestamental — of or relating to the period between the close of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament.
- intimate apparel — lingerie (sense 2)
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
- irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
- j. random hacker — (jargon) /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
- james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
- joachim of fiore — ?1132–1202 ad, Italian mystic and philosopher, best known for teaching that history can be divided into three ages, those of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
- journeyman baker — a baker who is qualified to work in the employment of another
- kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
- kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
- kaposi's sarcoma — a form of skin cancer found in Africans and more recently in victims of AIDS
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- kekule's formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- keratoacanthomas — Plural form of keratoacanthoma.
- keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
- kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- kitagawa utamaro — Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
- kleptoparasitism — The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
- knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
- land-poor farmer — a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
- landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
- laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
- lateral meristem — meristem located along the sides of a part, as a stem or root.
- latissimus dorsi — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.
- law of parsimony — a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
- lay intermediary — a layperson who is interposed between a lawyer and client to prevent the existence of a direct relationship between them.
- lazy standard ml — (language) (LSML) A lazy varient of SML, allowing cyclic val definitions, by Prateek Mishra <[email protected]>. Not to be confused with LML.
- learner's permit — A learner's permit is a license that allows you to drive a vehicle before you have passed your driving test.
- leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
- legal department — the department that deals with legal matters
- letter of marque — license or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation.
- lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
- liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- lithium stearate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, LiC 18 H 35 O 2 , used chiefly in cosmetics, in plastics, and as a lubricant in powder metallurgy.
- liturgical drama — medieval drama, based on incidents in the Bible and performed in churches on holy days, usually in Latin and often chanted.