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16-letter words containing m, y, o, l

  • methyl cellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
  • methyl parathion — a synthetic pesticide, C 8 H 1 0 NO 5 PS, used in the control of mites and various insects, as aphids, boll weevils, and cutworms.
  • methylene iodide — a yellow liquid, CH 2 I 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used for the separation of mixtures of minerals and in organic synthesis.
  • methylthioninium — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The heterocyclic cation 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-phenothiazin-5-ium, that is the basis of methylene blue.
  • microclimatology — the study of a microclimate.
  • microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
  • micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
  • microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
  • migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
  • military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
  • misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
  • misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
  • mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
  • molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
  • money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
  • mongolian idiocy — (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome.
  • monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
  • monosyllabically — In single syllables.
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
  • montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
  • moral philosophy — philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
  • morphophysiology — The (study of the) biological interrelationship between form and physiological function.
  • mulberry harbour — either of two prefabricated floating harbours towed across the English Channel to the French coast for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944
  • multiple myeloma — a malignant plasma cell tumor of the bone marrow that destroys bone tissue.
  • myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
  • myelosuppression — (medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.
  • natural monopoly — the situation when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier
  • new world monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including the capuchin, douroucouli, howler monkey, marmoset, saki, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, titi, uakari, and woolly monkey.
  • non-inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • old world monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward- or downward-directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a rudimentary tail or using the tail for balance rather than grasping, and including the baboon, colobus monkey, guenon, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, proboscis, and talapoin.
  • onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
  • overall majority — If a political party wins an overall majority in an election or vote, they get more votes than the total number of votes or seats won by all their opponents.
  • overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
  • oxycalcium light — calcium light.
  • paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
  • paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • physiognomically — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • plymouth company — a company, formed in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America and that founded a colony in Maine in 1607.
  • policy committee — a group of people who provide ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
  • political asylum — asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.
  • political system — a coordinated set of principles, laws, ideas, and procedures relating to a particular form of government, or the form of government itself: Democracy is a political system in which citizens govern themselves.
  • polyvinyl formal — a colorless, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal produced from partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate and formaldehyde, used chiefly in the manufacture of lacquers.
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