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15-letter words containing o, i, l, m, e, r

  • materialization — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • mean solar time — time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.
  • mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
  • medal for merit — a medal awarded by the U.S. to a civilian for distinguished service to the country: discontinued after World War II.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
  • medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • memorialization — to commemorate.
  • memory location — (storage)   A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size).
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
  • metallo-organic — organometallic.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
  • metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
  • metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
  • metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  • metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
  • mezzanine floor — intermediate level in a building
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • microcontroller — A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.
  • microelectronic — A microelectronic device.
  • micromillimeter — Synonym of nanometer.
  • microsoft excel — (tool)   A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
  • microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
  • microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
  • miles gloriosus — a braggart soldier, esp as a stock figure in comedy
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • millionairesses — Plural form of millionairess.
  • mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
  • mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • misrecollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
  • mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
  • mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
  • montmorillonite — any of a group of clay minerals characterized by the ability to expand when they absorb large quantities of water.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
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