14-letter words containing o, d, l, t, e
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- limited policy — a policy that covers only certain types of losses within an area of risks.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- little diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- llano estacado — a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- lord protector — protector (def 2b).
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- maldevelopment — malformation
- male-dominated — with men in control
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- melodramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodramatize.
- metal detector — an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- methodological — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
- metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
- microelectrode — a very small electrode
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- modestly sized — moderately sized; not very large, but not small
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- mottled enamel — fluorosis (def 2).
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- muddle through — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- multielectrode — having or involving several electrodes
- multigrade oil — Multigrade oil is engine or gear oil which works well at both low and high temperatures.
- 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.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
- needle-pointer — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
- neuromodulator — any of various substances, as certain hormones and amino acids, that influence the function of neurons but do not act as neurotransmitters.