16-letter words that end in s
- lighting effects — the illumination of a play, film, etc
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- limited-stop bus — a bus which only stops at a small number of predetermined stops, rather than on request
- line of business — profession, trade: field
- linguistic atlas — dialect atlas.
- living daylights — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- living standards — standard of living; material quality of life
- lleu llaw gyffes — the son of Gwydion and Arianhrod, provided with a name, weapons, and a wife through the magic and trickery of Gwydion in spite of the curses of Arianhrod.
- long-tail claims — Long-tail claims are claims that are made or settled a long time after the insurance policy has expired.
- lords-and-ladies — (used with a singular verb) cuckoopint.
- lost-wax process — a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax.
- louise bourgeois — Léon Victor Auguste [ley-awn veek-tawr oh-gyst] /leɪˈɔ̃ vikˈtɔr oʊˈgyst/ (Show IPA), 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1920.
- lourenco marques — former name of Maputo.
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- maclaurin series — a Taylor series in which the reference point is zero.
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- magnetic compass — a compass having a magnetized needle generally in line with the magnetic poles of the earth.
- magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
- magnetoacoustics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of physics studying the effects of magnetism on acoustics or their interaction.
- magnetoreceptors — Plural form of magnetoreceptor.
- magnifying glass — a lens that produces an enlarged image of an object.
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- man of few words — man who speaks very little
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- mare serenitatis — (Sea of Serenity) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 120,000 sq. mi. (310,000 sq. km).
- marie de medicis — 1573–1642, queen of Henry IV of France: regent 1610–17.
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- married quarters — the housing provided on a military base for married servicemen or servicewomen
- marshall islands — a republic, consisting of a group of 34 coral islands in the W central Pacific: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–87); status of free association with the US from 1986; consists of two parallel chains, Ralik and Ratak. Official languages: Marshallese and English. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, on Majuro atoll. Pop: 69 747 (2013 est). Area: (land) 181 sq km (70 sq miles); (lagoon) 11 655 sq km (4500 sq miles)
- matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
- mechanoreceptors — Plural form of mechanoreceptor.
- medieval studies — a course of study based on the history of the Middle Ages
- medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megasporogenesis — the formation and development of megaspores.
- menstrual cramps — pain in the lower abdomen as well as possibly in the lower back and legs associated with menstruation
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metes and bounds — the precisely described boundary lines of a parcel of land, as found in a deed
- methamphetamines — Methamphetamine.
- mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
- microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
- microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning