14-letter words containing m, e, l, i, n
- batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
- batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
- benzosulfimide — saccharin.
- bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
- bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
- bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
- black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
- blantyre-limbe — a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000 (2005 est)
- blended family — a social unit consisting of two previously married parents and the children of their former marriages
- blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
- bomb explosion — an explosion caused by the detonation of a bomb
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
- calumniousness — Calumny.
- campaign medal — a medal awarded for performance of specified service, usually in time of war or national emergency.
- canonical name — (CNAME) A host's official name as opposed to an alias. The official name is the first hostname listed for its Internet address in the hostname database, /etc/hosts or the Network Information Service (NIS) map hosts.byaddr ("hosts" for short). A host with multiple network interfaces may have more than one Internet address, each with its own canonical name (and zero or more aliases). You can find a host's canonical name using nslookup if you say set querytype=CNAME and then type a hostname.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinomimetic — mimicking the action of choline, especially acetylcholine.
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- cinema complex — a building containing several cinemas
- circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- come in useful — If an object or skill comes in useful, it can help you achieve something in a particular situation.
- commentatorial — relating to commentators or the creation of commentaries
- commissionable — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- common soldier — a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
- commonsensical — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- community life — the life and activities of a community
- companion cell — any of a number of specialized parenchymal cells adjacent to a sieve tube in the phloem of flowering plants, believed to regulate the flow of nutrients through the tube.
- compassionable — exciting or deserving pity