14-letter words containing n, a, k, e, l
- leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- long-neck clam — soft-shell clam.
- longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- make a hole in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- make a killing — If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make a meal on — to eat as a meal
- make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
- marketableness — The state or quality of being marketable.
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- metallokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control metals.
- middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
- milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
- milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
- naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- neural network — artificial neural network
- nickel acetate — a green, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 NiO 4 , used chiefly in nickel-plating.
- nickel-plating — the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel on a surface, usually by electrolysis
- norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
- pearl necklace — jewelry: string of pearls
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- penalty killer — a player used when the player's team is short-handed as a result of a penalty, especially a player skilled at defense and employed regularly in such situations.
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- permanent link — (web) A URL that always points to the same piece of web content. Web pages that appear for a limited time at their main URL, such as web logs or news sites, often display an alternative, permanent link. Readers can quote, bookmark, or link to this URL in order to refer to a particular item, rather than the page displaying the latest item. For example, the URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/ points to the latest news from the BBC whereas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/2614839.stm is a permanent link to a particular news story.
- pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
- pipeline break — (architecture) (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
- plain speaking — expressing oneself directly
- rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
- screen blanker — screen saver