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16-letter words containing m, e, r, l, s

  • collector's item — A collector's item is an object which is highly valued by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • compartmentalise — to divide into categories or compartments.
  • constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
  • consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
  • coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
  • cramp sb's style — If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behavior in some way.
  • crime passionnel — a crime committed from passion, esp sexual passion
  • criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
  • cumberland sauce — a cold sauce made from orange and lemon juice, port, and redcurrant jelly, served with ham, game, or other meat
  • curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
  • customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
  • de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
  • decision problem — (theory)   A problem with a yes/no answer. Determining whether some potential solution to a question is actually a solution or not. E.g. "Is 43669" a prime number?". This is in contrast to a "search problem" which must find a solution from scratch, e.g. "What is the millionth prime number?". See decidability.
  • delirium tremens — a severe psychotic condition occurring in some persons with chronic alcoholism, characterized by delirium, tremor, anxiety, and vivid hallucinations
  • demilitarisation — The removal of a military force, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
  • demineralisation — Alternative spelling of demineralization.
  • demoiselle crane — a gray crane, Anthropoides virgo, of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia, having long, white plumes behind each eye.
  • demonstrableness — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
  • dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • 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.
  • drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • electrical storm — thunder, lightning
  • electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
  • electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
  • electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electronic music — music: synthesized
  • ellesmere island — a Canadian island in the Arctic Ocean: part of Nunavut; mountainous, with many glaciers. Area: 212 688 sq km (82 119 sq miles)
  • environmentalism — A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
  • environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
  • erlenmeyer flask — conical container used in laboratory
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • extrachromosomal — Happening outside a chromosome.
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • farewell to arms — a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway.
  • feline distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
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