16-letter words containing lea
- machine learning — The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results.
- modified-release — denoting a formulation of a medicinal drug taken orally that releases the active ingredients over several hours, in order to maintain a relatively constant plasma concentration of the drug
- new orleans jazz — the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz
- not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
- nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
- nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
- nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- nuclear medicine — diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
- nuclear membrane — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
- nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
- nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
- nuclear umbrella — a guarantee from a country or state that possesses nuclear weapons to a country that does not that they will defend them
- nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
- oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
- pleased as punch — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- pleasure steamer — a boat powered by steam, used for recreational purposes
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- price leadership — the setting of the price of a product or service by a dominant firm at a level that competitors can match, in order to avoid a price war
- released version — release
- releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
- religious leader — head of a church or order
- sabbatical leave — a year or shorter period of absence for study, rest, or travel, given at intervals (orig. every seven years) as to some college teachers and now to people in other fields, at full or partial salary
- seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
- semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
- special clearing — (in Britain) the clearing of a cheque through a bank in less than the usual three days, for an additional charge
- special pleading — Law. pleading that alleges special or new matter in avoidance of the allegations made by the opposite side.
- take one's leave — to go away; depart
- the urban league — a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States
- to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
- to say the least — at the minimum
- waterleaf family — the plant family Hydrophyllaceae, characterized by usually hairy herbaceous plants having lobed, divided, or compound leaves, five-parted blue or white flowers, and capsular fruit, and including baby-blue-eyes, phacelia, and waterleaf.
- with clean hands — innocently
- zone of leaching — A horizon.