14-letter words containing o, n, m, e, s, a
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macroeconomics — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- magnetostatics — the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
- make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- make one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- male menopause — a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- 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.
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- marrons glaces — chestnuts cooked in syrup and glazed
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
- master workman — a worker in charge.
- maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.