14-letter words containing o, l, i, c
- mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
- mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
- multi-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- multi-location — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
- multichromatic — Involving more than one colour.
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
- multielectrode — having or involving several electrodes
- multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
- multimolecular — (chemistry, physics) Involving multiple molecules.
- multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- mutual society — co-operative organization
- mycotoxicology — the study of the toxic properties of fungi
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- mythologically — of or relating to mythology.
- narratological — of or relating to narratology
- 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.
- neoclassicists — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neocolonialist — Of or relating to neocolonialism; neocolonial.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurogenically — by neural activity
- neurologically — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- nicene council — either of two church councils that met at Nicaea, the first in a.d. 325 to deal with the Arian heresy, the second in a.d. 787 to consider the question of the veneration of images.
- nile crocodile — the common African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, sometimes growing to a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter): in some areas it is greatly reduced in number and now rare.
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- nitrogen cycle — the continuous sequence of events by which atmospheric nitrogen and nitrogenous compounds in the soil are converted, as by nitrification and nitrogen fixation, into substances that can be utilized by green plants, the substances returning to the air and soil as a result of the decay of the plants and denitrification.
- nitroglycerine — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- noctambulation — Sleepwalking.
- nomenclatorial — Relating to nomenclature.
- non-accessible — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
- non-accidental — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- non-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- non-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- non-applicable — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.