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14-letter words containing oc

  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
  • lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
  • like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
  • linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
  • lithochromatic — relating to or produced by painting on stone
  • local election — an election to select members for a local council
  • local politics — political activity at local level, as opposed to national politics
  • local preacher — (in early Methodism) a layperson appointed to supervise the congregation and conduct services between visits of a circuit rider.
  • local variable — (programming)   A variable with lexical scope, i.e. one which only exists in some particular part of the source code, typically within a block or a function or procedure body. This contrasts with a global variable, which is defined throughout the whole program. Code is easier to understand and modify when the scope of variables is as small as possible because it is easier to see how the variable is set and used. Code containing global variables is harder to modify because its behaviour may depend on and affect other sections of code that refer to that variable.
  • localizability — The condition of being localizable.
  • locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
  • locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
  • longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece
  • luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
  • medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
  • megakaryocytes — Plural form of megakaryocyte.
  • megakaryocytic — Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes.
  • megalocephalic — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
  • meniscocytosis — sickle cell anemia.
  • mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
  • metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
  • microcassettes — Plural form of microcassette.
  • microcelebrity — a celebrity whose fame is relatively narrow in scope and likely to be transient
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
  • microcircuitry — a detailed plan of an integrated circuit or a network of such circuits.
  • microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
  • microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
  • microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
  • microcontinent — An isolated fragment of continental crust forming part of a small crust plate.
  • microprocessor — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
  • microsociology — the sociological study of small groups and social units within a larger social system.
  • microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
  • milk chocolate — chocolate that has been mixed with milk.
  • misallocations — Plural form of misallocation.
  • mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
  • monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
  • monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
  • monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
  • mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
  • multi-location — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
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