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17-letter words containing m, e, l, i, c

  • intercolumniation — the space between two adjacent columns, usually the clear space between the lower parts of the shafts.
  • internal medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of internal organ systems.
  • intersectionalism — The study of minorities within minorities, or intersections between minorities; specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination.
  • invincible armada — Armada.
  • japanese clematis — a Japanese woody vine, Clematis paniculata, of the buttercup family, having dense clusters of fragrant, white flowers and plumed fruit.
  • jerusalem cricket — a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
  • joachim du bellay — Joachim [French zhaw-a-keem] /French ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), Bellay, Joachim du.
  • jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
  • lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
  • larmor precession — the precession of charged particles, as electrons, placed in a magnetic field, the frequency of the precession (Larmor frequency) being equal to the electronic charge times the strength of the magnetic field divided by 4π times the mass.
  • lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
  • liberal democracy — a democracy based on the recognition of individual rights and freedoms, in which decisions from direct or representative processes prevail in many policy areas
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • light machine gun — any air-cooled machine gun having a caliber not greater than 0.30 inches (7.6 mm).
  • limestone lettuce — a variety of lettuce derived from Bibb lettuce.
  • line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
  • lisp machine lisp — (language)   An extension of Maclisp, now called Zetalisp.
  • literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
  • lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
  • load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
  • local examination — any of various examinations, such as the GCSE, set by university boards and conducted in local centres, schools, etc
  • locomotive driver — an engine driver
  • locomotive engine — a self-propelled engine driven by steam, electricity, or diesel power and used for drawing trains along railway tracks
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • lymphocytopoiesis — Lymphopoiesis.
  • macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnetic monopole — a hypothetical very heavy particle with an isolated magnetic north pole or magnetic south pole.
  • magnetoelasticity — the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.
  • mains electricity — electricity supplied to a building through wires
  • maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • malay archipelago — an extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • mascarene islands — a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar, including Mauritius, Reunion, and Rodrigues.
  • masculine caesura — a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable.
  • materialistically — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • materials science — the study of the characteristics and uses of various materials, as glass, plastics, and metals.
  • maternal instinct — motherly urge to protect and nurture
  • maurice chevalier — Maurice (Auguste) [maw-rees aw-guh st;; French moh-rees oh-gyst] /mɔˈris ˈɔ gəst;; French moʊˈris oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, French actor and singer.
  • maximum principle — the theorem that a function of a complex variable that is analytic in a domain and on its boundary attains its maximum absolute value on the boundary.
  • mechanical digger — a machine used for excavation
  • mechanical pencil — a pencil for holding lead that can be extended by mechanical means.
  • mechanical tissue — a plant tissue made up of hard, thick-walled cells that add strength to an organ
  • mechanoelectrical — Describing the production of electricity by mechanical motion; especially in a transducer.
  • medical insurance — a type of insurance intended to cover possible future medical expenses
  • medical librarian — a person who works in a library of medical information kept for reference in a teaching hospital
  • medical marijuana — marijuana prescribed by a doctor and used as a medicine: medical marijuana in pill form or oral spray.
  • medical procedure — A medical procedure is a medical treatment or operation.
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