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15-letter words containing u, s, t, l, a

  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
  • lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
  • lusatian neisse — a river in E Europe, rising near Liberec in the Czech Republic and flowing north to join the Oder: forms part of the German-Polish border. Length: 225 km (140 miles)
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
  • magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • mail user agent — (messaging)   (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • male prostitute — man who has sex for money
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • medical student — trainee doctor
  • medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • 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.
  • metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
  • microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
  • mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
  • multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
  • multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
  • multilateralism — having several or many sides; many-sided.
  • multilateralist — Supporting or advocating multilateralism.
  • multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
  • multiliteracies — Plural form of multiliteracy.
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple master — (text, tool, software)   (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
  • muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
  • musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.
  • musical statues — a children's party game in which players run around while music is played. Whenever the music stops, the players have to stand motionless. Anyone who moves is out
  • mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
  • naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
  • 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.
  • national status — the status of someone as regarding their citizenship of a country
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • 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.
  • natural justice — accepted moral principles
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