16-letter words containing m, e, l, o, d, r
- diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
- domiciliary care — services, such as meals-on-wheels, health visiting, and home help, provided by a welfare agency for people in their own homes
- dominical letter — any one of the letters from A to G used in church calendars to mark the Sundays throughout any particular year, serving primarily to aid in determining the date of Easter.
- double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
- down memory lane — If you say that someone is taking a walk or trip down memory lane, you mean that they are talking, writing, or thinking about something that happened to them a long time ago.
- drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- dumont d'urville — Jules Sébastien César [zhyl sey-bas-tyan sey-zar] /ʒül seɪ basˈtyɛ̃ seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), 1790–1842, French naval officer: explored South Pacific and Antarctic.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
- feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
- flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
- follow-my-leader — a game in which the players must repeat the actions of the leader
- four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- head normal form — (theory, reduction) (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
- hydrometeorology — the study of atmospheric water, especially precipitation, as it affects agriculture, water supply, flood control, power generation, etc.
- hyperlipoidaemia — Alt form hyperlipoidemia.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- land-poor farmer — a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
- laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
- leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
- 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 chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
- lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
- lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
- macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
- mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
- man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
- marmalade orange — a bitter variety of orange suitable for making marmalade
- medal of bravery — a Canadian award for courage
- medal of freedom — a former name of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride