15-letter words containing ec
- mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
- medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
- medicinal leech — a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long: once used by physicians to bleed patients.
- meissner effect — the loss of magnetism that a superconductor displays when cooled to its transition temperature in a magnetic field.
- mesh connection — (in a polyphase system) an arrangement in which the end of each phase is connected to the beginning of the next, forming a ring, each junction being connected to a terminal
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
- microelectronic — A microelectronic device.
- microinjections — Plural form of microinjection.
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- misrecollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
- molecular clock — the changes in the amino acid sequences of proteins that take place during evolution and speciation, and from which the dates of branchings of taxonomic groups can be deduced.
- molecular cloud — a cool dense interstellar region composed of a wide variety of molecules, mainly hydrogen, plus some dust, in which stars are forming
- 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.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
- nail technician — a person whose job is to take care of and decorate people's fingernails
- necessary stool — close-stool.
- necessitousness — The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
- neo-pentecostal — charismatic (def 2).
- neuroectodermal — Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm.
- no respecter of — If you say that someone or something is no respecter of a rule or tradition, you mean that the rule or tradition is not important to them.
- non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-dialectical — dialectic.
- non-electrolyte — Physical Chemistry. Also called electrolytic conductor. a conducting medium in which the flow of current is accompanied by the movement of matter in the form of ions. any substance that dissociates into ions when dissolved in a suitable medium or melted and thus forms a conductor of electricity.
- non-mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- non-necessities — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- nonarchitecture — a building not designed according to accepted modes of architecture
- nonelectrolytes — Plural form of nonelectrolyte.
- noninflectional — not inflectional
- noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
- nonintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- nonintersecting — Not intersecting.