15-letter words containing r, e, p, l, i, s
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- 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
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multiple master — (text, tool, software) (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neutral spirits — nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent, or 190 proof, obtained chiefly from grain or molasses or redistilled from brandy, rum, etc., used for blending with straight whiskies and in the making of gin, cordials, liqueurs, and the like.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
- nonprofessorial — not professorial
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
- optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.