14-letter words containing m, c, a, d, o
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
- flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- huffman coding — (algorithm) A data compression technique which varies the length of the encoded symbol in proportion to its information content, that is the more often a symbol or token is used, the shorter the binary string used to represent it in the compressed stream. Huffman codes can be properly decoded because they obey the prefix property, which means that no code can be a prefix of another code, and so the complete set of codes can be represented as a binary tree, known as a Huffman tree. Huffman coding was first described in a seminal paper by D.A. Huffman in 1952.
- humidification — to make humid.
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
- macadamization — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
- medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
- medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- metal detector — an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.
- methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid