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15-letter words containing t, o, l, a, r

  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
  • mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
  • mother of pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother-of-pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • motor voter law — a law that enables prospective voters to register when they obtain or renew a driver's license.
  • motorola 14500b — (processor)   (MC14500B) A 1-bit ICU from Motorola. Probably the limit in small processors, the 14500B had a 4-bit instruction and controlled a single data read/write line, used for application control. It had no address bus - that was an external unit that was added on. Another CPU could be used to feed control instructions to the 14500B in an application. It had only 16 pins, less than a typical RAM chip, and ran at 1 MHz.
  • motorola 68hc11 — (processor)   A microcontroller family from Motorola descended from the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. The 68HC11 devices are more powerful and more expensive than the 68HC05 family. There is an opcode simulator for the 68HC11, by Ted Dunning <[email protected]>. Interrupts, hardware I/O, and half carries are still outside the loop. Adding interrupts may require simulating at the clock phase level. Version 1.
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • mountain laurel — any of various ericaceous shrubs or trees of the genus Kalmia, esp K. latifolia of E North America, which has leathery poisonous leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multum in parvo — much in a small space
  • municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
  • myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
  • name resolution — (networking)   The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
  • nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
  • national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
  • 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.
  • natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
  • necessary stool — close-stool.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
  • 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.
  • nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
  • neuroanatomical — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neuroectodermal — Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm.
  • neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • 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
  • noli me tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • noli-me-tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • non-alliterated — to show alliteration: In “Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran,” the “r” alliterates.
  • non-contractual — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
  • non-correlation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • non-detrimental — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
  • non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
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