15-letter words containing m, i, t, r, a, l
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- manorial system — manorialism.
- manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
- manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
- māori battalion — the Māori unit of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II
- marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
- marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
- marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
- martensitically — in a martensitic manner
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- materialisation — Alternative spelling of materialization.
- materialistical — Alternative form of materialistic.
- materialization — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- maternity leave — a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
- matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
- maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
- mean solar time — time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.
- 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.
- medal for merit — a medal awarded by the U.S. to a civilian for distinguished service to the country: discontinued after World War II.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- 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.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- memorialization — to commemorate.
- 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).
- mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- 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.
- metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- microanalytical — Of, pertaining to, or employing microanalysis.
- microanatomical — relating to microanatomy
- microfiltration — Filtration through a microporous membrane.
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- military school — military academy.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).