13-letter words containing m, e, c, l
- multitheistic — Of or relating to multitheism.
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- munsell scale — a standard chromaticity scale used in specifying colour. It gives approximately equal changes in visual hue
- muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- muscle tissue — cell tissue that muscles are made of
- musselcracker — a large variety of sea bream, Sparodon durbanensis, that feeds on shellfish and is a popular food and game fish
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- mycobacterial — (medicine) Of or pertaining to mycobacteria.
- myelofibrotic — of, relating to or affected by myelofibrosis
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- nautical mile — a unit of distance used chiefly in navigation, equal to 6080.20 feet (1853.25 meters) in the U.S., now replaced by the international nautical mile.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- necklace bomb — a bomb consisting of linked charges hung around a victim's neck, used by terrorists or in hostage situations
- necromantical — Alternative form of necromantic.
- nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
- nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
- nomenclatural — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
- non-claimable — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- non-medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- noncommercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- noncomparable — not comparable
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- noncompletion — Lack of completion; failure to finish.
- noncompliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonmechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
- olympic games — international sports event
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.