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

  • lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
  • lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • lecture course — a series of lectures on a particular subject
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
  • lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
  • leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
  • levonorgestrel — A synthetic steroid hormone that has a similar effect to progesterone and is used in some contraceptive pills.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
  • licorice stick — a clarinet.
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
  • lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
  • 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.
  • lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.
  • 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
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • 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.
  • macrostructure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
  • 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.
  • major prophets — theology
  • make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
  • 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.
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • 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 bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
  • master of arts — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the humanities or social sciences.
  • master workman — a worker in charge.
  • mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
  • mattress cover — a cover that can be put over a mattress before a bed sheet, providing further protection
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
  • megakaryocytes — Plural form of megakaryocyte.
  • memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
  • menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.
  • meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
  • merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
  • metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
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