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14-letter words containing ate

  • late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
  • late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
  • late-type star — any star with a surface temperature below that of the sun, of spectral type K, M, C, or S
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • latent content — the hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream, discoverable by analysis of the content of the dream.
  • lateral system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to the side of a channel they occupy and their relative position along that side.
  • lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
  • lateralization — functional specialization of the brain, with some skills, as language, occurring primarily in the left hemisphere and others, as the perception of visual and spatial relationships, occurring primarily in the right hemisphere.
  • lateran palace — a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.
  • laterotemporal — (anatomy) Relating to the lateral part of the temporal region of the skull.
  • lavender water — a pale bluish purple.
  • lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
  • lechatelierite — a mineral, an amorphous form of silica formed by the fusion by heat of silica and found in fulgurites.
  • legitimateness — The quality of being legitimate.
  • letters patent — legal conveyancing documents
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
  • little theater — generally noncommercial drama, usually of an experimental nature and directed at a limited audience.
  • low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
  • macroaggregate — A relatively large aggregated particle.
  • magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
  • malappropriate — inappropriate
  • male-dominated — with men in control
  • mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
  • materia medica — (used with a plural verb) the remedial substances employed in medicine.
  • material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • maternal death — the death of a woman while pregnant or shortly after childbirth or an abortion
  • maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
  • maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
  • megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
  • megavertebrate — a very big vertebrate, such as a rhinoceros
  • metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
  • metaphosphates — Plural form of metaphosphate.
  • metatextuality — A form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another.
  • meteoric water — ground water that has recently originated from the atmosphere
  • methyl acetate — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 6 O 2 , the methyl ester of acetic acid, having a fragrant odor, used chiefly as a solvent.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • methyl lactate — a colorless liquid, C 4 H 8 O 3 , soluble with water and most organic liquids: used chiefly as a solvent for cellulose acetate.
  • methylcatechol — guaiacol.
  • microsatellite — A miniature satellite.
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk chocolate — chocolate that has been mixed with milk.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misappropriate — to put to a wrong use.
  • miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • miscommunicate — (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
  • mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
  • moderate-sized — not large or small
  • monounsaturate — a monounsaturated fat or fatty acid, as olive oil.
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