16-letter words containing m, u, l, i, e
- centrifugal pump — a pump having a high-speed rotating impeller whose blades throw the water outwards
- chemiluminescent — Of, pertaining to, or employing chemiluminescence.
- chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.
- chemonucleolysis — treatment for a herniated spinal disk in which chymopapain is injected into the disk to dissolve tissue.
- cholera infantum — an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.
- chromic fluoride — a green, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, CrF 3 ⋅4H 2 O or CrF 3 ⋅9H 2 O: used chiefly in printing and dyeing woolens.
- circular measure — the measurement of an angle in radians
- circumscriptible — Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
- clbuttic mistake — the humorous effect created by anti-obscenity filters that automatically replace offensive words in online articles with more acceptable variants
- cleanup campaign — an organized programme to clean up a place, typically organized at a local or regional level
- clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
- closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- come full circle — to arrive back at one's starting point
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
- community leader — a leading figure in a community
- companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
- consequentialism — the doctrine that an action is right or wrong according as its consequences are good or bad
- contumeliousness — The state or quality of being contumelious.
- creole continuum — a range of language varieties in an area undergoing decreolization showing a continuous gradation from forms more like the underlying creole to those approaching the standard language.
- criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
- curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
- curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
- customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
- decimal currency — a system of currency in which the monetary units are parts or powers of ten
- delirium tremens — a severe psychotic condition occurring in some persons with chronic alcoholism, characterized by delirium, tremor, anxiety, and vivid hallucinations
- demolition squad — a group of demolishers
- demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
- depleted uranium — Depleted uranium is a type of uranium that is used in some bombs.
- diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
- digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
- dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
- dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
- diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- double indemnity — a clause in a life-insurance or accident-insurance policy providing for payment of twice the face value of the policy in the event of accidental death.
- double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
- duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
- dumont d'urville — Jules Sébastien César [zhyl sey-bas-tyan sey-zar] /ʒül seɪ basˈtyɛ̃ seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), 1790–1842, French naval officer: explored South Pacific and Antarctic.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- dynamic language — (language) (Dylan) A simple object-oriented Lisp dialect, most closely resembling CLOS and Scheme, developed by Advanced Technology Group East at Apple Computer. See also Marlais.
- east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- el camino bignum — (humour) /el' k*-mee'noh big'nuhm/ The road mundanely called El Camino Real, a road through the San Francisco peninsula that originally extended all the way down to Mexico City and many portions of which are still intact. Navigation on the San Francisco peninsula is usually done relative to El Camino Real, which defines logical north and south even though it isn't really north-south many places. El Camino Real runs right past Stanford University. The Spanish word "real" (which has two syllables: /ray-al'/) means "royal"; El Camino Real is "the royal road". In the Fortran language, a "real" quantity is a number typically precise to seven significant digits, and a "double precision" quantity is a larger floating-point number, precise to perhaps fourteen significant digits (other languages have similar "real" types). When a hacker from MIT visited Stanford in 1976, he remarked what a long road El Camino Real was. Making a pun on "real", he started calling it "El Camino Double Precision" - but when the hacker was told that the road was hundreds of miles long, he renamed it "El Camino Bignum", and that name has stuck. (See bignum).
- 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)
- electronic music — music: synthesized