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14-letter words containing o, n, s, t, r

  • lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
  • levonorgestrel — A synthetic steroid hormone that has a similar effect to progesterone and is used in some contraceptive pills.
  • liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
  • longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
  • low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
  • lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • 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.
  • make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
  • malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • 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.
  • mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
  • 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.
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
  • menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.
  • merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • micromagnetism — (physics) The study of magnetism at the sub-micrometre scale.
  • micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • militarisation — The process by which something such as an area of land or a function of government becomes dependent on or subordinate to the military, or military in its attributes or practices.
  • mind the store — to tend to business
  • mineralisation — Alternative spelling of mineralization.
  • minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
  • minor sentence — any sentence that is not a true full sentence; a transformation by deletion from a full sentence.
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
  • misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
  • miscorrelation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
  • misimprovement — a flaw or shortcoming arising from an attempt to make better
  • misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
  • misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
  • misinstruction — Wrong or improper instruction.
  • misorientation — a bad or incorrect orientation
  • misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
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