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14-letter words containing m, y, l

  • myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
  • mythologically — of or relating to mythology.
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • non-ambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
  • non-complicity — the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime.
  • non-polynomial — (complexity)   The set or property of problems for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known. This includes problems for which the only known algorithms require a number of steps which increases exponentially with the size of the problem, and those for which no algorithm at all is known. Within these two there are problems which are "provably difficult" and "provably unsolvable".
  • noncommittally — not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • normoglycaemia — the condition of having a normal blood sugar level
  • normoglycaemic — Alt form normoglycemic.
  • not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
  • nt file system — (file system)   (NTFS) The native file system of Windows NT.
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
  • numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
  • nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
  • oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
  • olympus, mount — mountain in N Greece, between Thessaly & Macedonia: c. 9,580 ft (2,920 m): in Greek mythology, the home of the gods
  • on your mettle — If you are on your mettle, you are ready to do something as well as you can, because you know that you are being tested or challenged.
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • ophthalmoscopy — the use of or technique of using an ophthalmoscope.
  • optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • overemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
  • paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
  • pantomimically — in the manner of a pantomime character or performance
  • paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentamethylene — cyclopentane.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • permissibility — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
  • pigs might fly — If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
  • player-manager — In football and some other sports, a player-manager is a person who plays for a team and also manages the team.
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • poly-syllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
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