15-letter words containing y, o, t
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lazy evaluation — (reduction) An evaluation strategy combining normal order evaluation with updating. Under normal order evaluation (outermost or call-by-name evaluation) an expression is evaluated only when its value is needed in order for the program to return (the next part of) its result. Updating means that if an expression's value is needed more than once (i.e. it is shared), the result of the first evaluation is remembered and subsequent requests for it will return the remembered value immediately without further evaluation. This is often implemented by graph reduction. An unevaluated expression is represented as a closure - a data structure containing all the information required to evaluate the expression. Lazy evaluation is one evaluation strategy used to implement non-strict functions. Function arguments may be infinite data structures (especially lists) of values, the components of which are evaluated as needed. According to Phil Wadler the term was invented by Jim Morris. Opposite: eager evaluation. A partial kind of lazy evaluation implements lazy data structures or especially lazy lists where function arguments are passed evaluated but the arguments of data constructors are not evaluated.
- leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- legacy software — legacy system
- lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- library edition — an edition of a book prepared for library use, especially with a library binding.
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- linear topology — (theory) A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
- liquidity ratio — the ratio of those assets that can easily be exchanged for money to the total assets of a bank or other financial institution
- literary editor — someone who edits literature and books
- literary theory — the systematic analysis and study of literature using general principles
- local authority — council, local government
- locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
- lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- loyalty islands — a group of coral islands in the S Pacific belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km).
- lutzow-holm bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Enderby Land.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- main royal mast — the part of the mainmast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, the main topgallantmast.
- majority leader — the leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- manorial system — manorialism.
- masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- meantone system — a system for tuning keyboard instruments, used before the development of tuning by equal temperament and considered practical only for tonalities of not more than two sharps or flats.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- megagametophyte — the female gametophyte in seed plants.
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
- memory location — (storage) A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size).
- mesometeorology — the study of atmospheric phenomena of relatively small size, as thunderstorms or tornadoes, and of the detailed structure of larger disturbances.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- methylheptenone — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 1 4 O, occurring in many essential oils and produced by synthesis: used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of inexpensive perfumes.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.