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19-letter words containing n, o, r, m, a, l

  • horizontal mobility — movement from one position to another within the same social level, as changing jobs without altering occupational status, or moving between social groups having the same social status.
  • hypolipoproteinemia — An abnormally low level of lipoprotein in the blood.
  • hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
  • immigration control — a method or methods for regulating border laws and immigration
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • incommensurableness — (rare) Incommensurability.
  • incomplete abortion — a miscarriage in which some fetal or placental tissue remains in the uterus.
  • incomplete fracture — a fracture extending partly across the bone.
  • incremental plotter — a device that plots graphs on paper from computer-generated instructions
  • indeterminate vowel — schwa.
  • informal settlement — a squatter camp
  • information algebra — Theoretical formalism for DP, never resulted in a language. Language Structure Group of CODASYL, ca. 1962. Sammet 1969, 709.
  • instrumentalisation — (philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
  • instrumentalization — Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
  • interdenominational — occurring between, involving, or common to different religious denominations.
  • interferometrically — By means of interferometry.
  • intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
  • internal hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
  • internal-combustion — of or relating to an internal-combustion engine.
  • interval estimation — the process of estimating a parameter of a given population by specifying an interval of values and the probability that the true value of the parameter falls within this interval.
  • jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
  • kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
  • komandorski islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, in NE Russia, E of the Kamchatka Peninsula: U.S.-Japan naval battle, 1943.
  • lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
  • lead someone astray — If someone or something leads you astray, they make you believe something that is not true, causing you to make a wrong decision.
  • line of demarcation — a separation between things deemed to be distinct
  • local area terminal — (protocol)   (LAT) A DECnet-related, non-routable network protocol.
  • logical unit number — (storage)   (LUN) A 3-bit identifier used on a SCSI bus to distinguish between up to eight devices (logical units) with the same SCSI ID.
  • lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
  • lymphoproliferation — (medicine) the excessive production of lymphocytes.
  • lyon office of arms — Heralds' Office.
  • machine translation — changing language of a text by computer
  • magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.
  • make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
  • malleable cast iron — white cast iron that has been malleablized.
  • manual transmission — an automotive transmission in which the driver shifts gears manually.
  • mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
  • mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
  • massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
  • maternity allowance — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a payment made to a pregnant woman who usually works but does not qualify for statutory maternity pay, normally from 11 weeks before confinement for a period of 18 weeks
  • melodic minor scale — minor scale (def 2).
  • metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
  • meter-candle-second — a unit of light-exposure equivalent to one lux for one second.
  • metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
  • metropolitanization — to make metropolitan.
  • microelectronically — by microcircuits
  • midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
  • military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
  • military pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different events, a 300-meter freestyle swim, a 4000-meter cross-country run, a 5000-meter equestrian steeplechase, épée fencing, and pistol target-shooting at 25 meters, the winner being the contestant with the highest total score.
  • molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
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