14-letter words containing t, e, l, p
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- limited policy — a policy that covers only certain types of losses within an area of risks.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- listening post — Military. a post or position, as in advance of a defensive line, established for the purpose of listening to detect the enemy's movements.
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- lord protector — protector (def 2b).
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate
- maldevelopment — malformation
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
- mephistopheles — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
- met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- metal paste-up — a method for making up a form for printing in which engravings mounted on blocks are positioned on and pasted to a metal base.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
- metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
- metoposcopical — relating to metoposcopy
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- metropolitical — metropolitan
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- moth repellent — a chemical produced and sold to keep moths off clothes
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- multi-part key — compound key
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multiparameter — Having, or employing multiple parameters.
- multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
- multiple drill — a drilling machine having a number of vertical spindles for drilling several holes in a piece simultaneously.
- multiple fruit — a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence