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14-letter words containing m, o, l, e

  • ball of muscle — a very strong, fit, or forceful person
  • ballroom dance — a social dance, popular since the beginning of the 20th century, in conventional rhythms, such as the foxtrot and the quickstep
  • balm of gilead — any of several trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora, esp C. opobalsamum of Africa and W Asia, that yield a fragrant oily resin
  • balm-of-gilead — any of several plants of the genus Commiphora, especially C. opobalsamum and C. meccanensis, which yield a fragrant oleoresin.
  • balsam of peru — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • balsaminaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Balsaminaceae, a family of flowering plants, including balsam and touch-me-not, that have irregular flowers and explosive capsules
  • baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
  • banana problem — (programming, humour)   From the story of the little girl who said "I know how to spell "banana", but I don't know when to stop". Not knowing where or when to bring a production to a close (compare fencepost error). One may say "there is a banana problem" of an algorithm with poorly defined or incorrect termination conditions, or in discussing the evolution of a design that may be succumbing to featuritis (see also creeping elegance, creeping featuritis).
  • barometrically — By means of a barometer.
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • believe you me — You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true.
  • benzosulfimide — saccharin.
  • bermuda collar — a narrow, pointed collar on a woman's dress or blouse
  • bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
  • billy no-mates — a person with no friends
  • biogeochemical — of or relating to biogeochemistry
  • bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
  • biometeorology — the study of the effect of weather conditions on living organisms
  • bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
  • blow off steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
  • 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
  • bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
  • bottomless pit — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
  • bottomlessness — the quality of being very deep or bottomless
  • bouleversement — an overthrow or reversal; violent turmoil
  • bowel movement — the discharge of faeces; defecation
  • boy-meets-girl — conventionally or trivially romantic
  • break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
  • bug-compatible — Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (especially) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0."
  • butterfly bomb — Military. a small, aerial, antipersonnel bomb with two folding wings that revolve, slowing the rate of descent and arming the fuze.
  • cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
  • calamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • calumniousness — Calumny.
  • camelopardalis — a N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe
  • camouflageable — able to be camouflaged
  • camp counselor — activities supervisor
  • camp pendleton — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SW California on the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
  • campanulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers
  • camphor laurel — an Australian name for the camphor tree, now occurring in the wild in parts of Australia
  • campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
  • canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
  • 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
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • central moment — a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.
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