15-letter words containing r, e, c, l, o, s
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- legacy software — legacy system
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- logical address — virtual address
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- low-cholesterol — containing little dietary cholesterol
- lower criticism — a form of Biblical criticism having as its purpose the reconstruction of the original texts of the books of the Bible.
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- lzw compression — Lempel-Ziv Welch compression
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
- 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.
- messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microsoft excel — (tool) A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
- misrecollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- necessary stool — close-stool.
- necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
- neomercantilism — an economic doctrine or policy during the early 20th century that set high tariffs and other import restrictions in order to protect domestic industries.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
- newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonelectrolytes — Plural form of nonelectrolyte.