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15-letter words containing m, i, l, o, c

  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
  • lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
  • logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
  • logical atomism — a philosophy developed from linguistic analysis asserting that a proposition can be analyzed into simple, independent elements of meaning corresponding to elements making up basic facts about the world and reality.
  • low-maintenance — requiring little attention or upkeep
  • lower criticism — a form of Biblical criticism having as its purpose the reconstruction of the original texts of the books of the Bible.
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • lzh compression — (algorithm)   (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
  • lzw compression — Lempel-Ziv Welch compression
  • macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
  • magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
  • magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
  • mandarin collar — a narrow, stand-up collar, not quite meeting at the front.
  • mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
  • manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  • masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
  • mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
  • medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
  • melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
  • memory location — (storage)   A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size).
  • messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
  • metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
  • metallo-organic — organometallic.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • microanalytical — Of, pertaining to, or employing microanalysis.
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