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15-letter words containing t, a, p, e, m, c

  • lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
  • laptop computer — portable computer
  • limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
  • lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
  • magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
  • magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
  • magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
  • master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
  • misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
  • monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • native compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
  • neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • noncontemporary — not contemporary
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
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