13-letter words containing m, o, r, e, l, a
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- macromolecule — a very large molecule, as a colloidal particle, protein, or especially a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- mail exploder — (messaging) Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
- major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major leaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- major release — (programming) A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
- major-leaguer — a member of a major-league team.
- majority rule — the principle that decisions supported by more than half the people in a group have effect upon all the people in that group
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- many-coloured — having many colours
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marginal note — aside
- marmalade box — genipap.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- material mode — the normal use of language that refers to extra-linguistic subjects without explicit mention of the words themselves. Fido is a dog is in the material mode, while "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.