14-letter words containing me
- antimetabolite — any drug that acts by disrupting the normal growth of a cell. Sulfonamide drugs are antimetabolites and some antimetabolites are used in cancer treatment
- antimetathesis — an inversion of the parts (or members) of an antithesis
- apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
- apprenticement — apprenticeship
- approximeeting — the practice of a group of people making indefinite plans to meet and then altering those plans regularly via mobile phones according to changing circumstances
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- arithmetically — the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
- armamentariums — Plural form of armamentarium.
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- assemblymember — A person who serves as a member of an assembly.
- astigmatometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
- asymmetrically — not identical on both sides of a central line; unsymmetrical; lacking symmetry: Most faces are asymmetric.
- at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- augmentatively — In an augmentative fashion.
- autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
- bactrian camel — a two-humped camel, Camelus bactrianus, used as a beast of burden in the cold deserts of central Asia
- bank statement — A bank statement is a printed document showing all the money paid into and taken out of a bank account. Bank statements are usually sent by a bank to a customer at regular intervals.
- baptismal name — Christian name (def 1).
- barometrically — By means of a barometer.
- barometrograph — barograph.
- barrier method — Barrier methods of contraception involve the use of condoms, diaphragms, or other devices that physically prevent the sperm from reaching the egg.
- batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
- battered-women — the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.
- batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
- béchamel sauce — a thick white sauce flavoured with onion and seasonings
- bechamel-sauce — a white sauce, sometimes seasoned with onion and nutmeg.
- beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
- believe you me — You can use believe you me to emphasize that what you are saying is true.
- bending moment — the algebraic sum of all the moments to one side of a cross-section of a beam or other structural support
- bertrand meyer — The author of the Eiffel Language and many articles on object-oriented software techniques.
- bessemer steel — steel made by the Bessemer process.
- betterment tax — a tax on an increase in the value of property effected by improvement
- beyond measure — If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
- bide sb's time — If you bide your time, you wait for a good opportunity before doing something.
- big government — a form of government characterized by high taxation and public spending and centralization of political power
- biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
- biometeorology — the study of the effect of weather conditions on living organisms
- biometric risk — Biometric risk covers all risks related to human life conditions, such as death, birth, disability, age, and number of children.
- bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
- body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
- bouleversement — an overthrow or reversal; violent turmoil
- bounce message — A notification message returned to the sender by a site unable to relay e-mail to the intended recipient or the next link in a bang path. Reasons might include a nonexistent or misspelled user name or a down relay site. Bounce messages can themselves fail, with occasionally ugly results; see sorcerer's apprentice mode and software laser. The terms "bounce mail" and "barfmail" are also common.
- bowel movement — the discharge of faeces; defecation
- boxed comments — (programming) Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of winged comments.
- boy-meets-girl — conventionally or trivially romantic
- breakfast time — Breakfast time is the period of the morning when most people have their breakfast.
- bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.