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15-letter words containing u, n, a, l

  • manasseh cutlerManasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
  • manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  • markup language — a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • maxilloturbinal — (anatomy) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.
  • measurelessness — The state or condition of being measureless.
  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
  • medical student — trainee doctor
  • medullary canal — the central area of a bone, containing marrow
  • menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
  • metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
  • mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • milliequivalent — a unit of measure, applied to electrolytes, that expresses the combining power of a substance. Abbreviation: mEq.
  • minimum tillage — no-tillage.
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
  • miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
  • miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
  • modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
  • monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
  • multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
  • multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
  • multilocational — found or operating in several locations
  • multimillennial — relating to or encompassing several millennia
  • multinationally — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
  • multinucleolate — having two or more nucleoli
  • multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
  • multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
  • multum in parvo — much in a small space
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • 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.
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