14-letter words containing t, o, l, m
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- magnolia metal — an alloy used for bearings, consisting largely of lead (up to 80 per cent) and antimony, with the addition of smaller quantities of iron and tin
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
- 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
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- maldevelopment — malformation
- male-dominated — with men in control
- male-to-female — noting or relating to a person who was born male but whose gender identity and gender expression is female.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
- martello tower — a circular, towerlike fort with guns on the top.
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- matilija poppy — a tree poppy, Romneya coulteri, of California and Mexico, having thin, paperlike leaves and large, solitary, white flowers.
- maxwell montes — a compact mountain range on Ishtar Terra, one of the regions of highest elevation on Venus.
- medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- melastomaceous — belonging to the family Melastomataceae (also known as Melastomaceae)
- melodramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodramatize.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
- mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
- mephistopheles — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- meta-case tool — A term sometimes used for software packages (like TBK or VSF) which allow users to develop or customise their own CASE tools.