15-letter words containing o, u, t, r
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- linear equation — a first-order equation involving two variables: its graph is a straight line in the Cartesian coordinate system.
- linear function — linear transformation.
- linear momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
- liquidity ratio — the ratio of those assets that can easily be exchanged for money to the total assets of a bank or other financial institution
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- little missouri — a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- local authority — council, local government
- locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
- lord lieutenant — British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- macro-structure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- macrostructures — Plural form of macrostructure.
- made to measure — (of a garment, shoes, etc.) made in accordance with a specific individual's measurements.
- made-to-measure — (of a garment, shoes, etc.) made in accordance with a specific individual's measurements.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- mahrisch-ostrau — German name of Moravská Ostrava.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
- marcus antonius — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
- measurement ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- 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.
- member function — A method in C++.
- meritoriousness — The property of being meritorious.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- microstructures — Plural form of microstructure.
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- miniaturisation — Alternative spelling of miniaturization.
- miniaturization — to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- misconstruction — wrong construction; misinterpretation: to put a misconstruction upon an action.