19-letter words containing l, a, m, e, s
- malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
- malleable cast iron — white cast iron that has been malleablized.
- manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
- marriage settlement — a formal agreement made before marriage disposing of the property of the couple to be married
- mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
- master of the rolls — (in England and Wales) the judge who presides over the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and who was formerly Keeper of the Records at the Public Record Office
- mechanical scanning — Electronics. a technique for varying the sector covered by a transmitting or receiving antenna by rotating it.
- melodic minor scale — minor scale (def 2).
- memory like a sieve — a very poor memory
- mendel's second law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.
- meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
- mermaid's wineglass — a colony of green algae, Acetabularia crenulata, of warm seas, having a cup-shaped cap on a slender stalk.
- metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
- meter-candle-second — a unit of light-exposure equivalent to one lux for one second.
- mid-autumn festival — a Chinese festival that is held to celebrate the end of the summer harvest, when the crops have been gathered.
- miracle of st. mark — a painting (1548) by Tintoretto.
- miscellaneous items — various kinds of thing, esp small purchases
- missing fundamental — a tone, not present in the sound received by the ear, whose pitch is that of the difference between the two tones that are sounded
- molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
- molecular biologist — a specialist in the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level
- moses-in-the-cradle — a plant, Rhoeo spathacea, native to the West Indies and Central America, having leaves with purple undersides and white flowers enclosed in a boat-shaped envelope formed by two bracts.
- mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- mousseline de laine — a thin worsted fabric, often having a printed pattern.
- mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
- multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
- multimedia analysis — Multimedia analysis is the consideration of all possible risks relating to pollution and waste management.
- multiple-entry visa — a visa that permits the holder to enter a country several times
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
- national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
- neurotransmissional — Relating to neurotransmission.
- nominative absolute — a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.
- north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- novell data systems — (company) A small computer hardware company building CP/M Z80-based systems. They later went on to become Novell, Inc. and develop Novell Netware.
- nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
- oceanus procellarum — (Ocean of Storms) the largest dark plain on the face of the moon, in the second and third quadrants: about 2 million square miles (5.2 million sq. km).
- old man and the sea — a novel (1952) by Ernest Hemingway.
- on someone's behalf — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- palisade parenchyma — the upper layer of ground tissue in a leaf, consisting of elongated cells beneath and perpendicular to the upper epidermis and constituting the primary area of photosynthesis.
- palomar observatory — an astronomical observatory situated on Palomar Mountain in S California, having a 200-inch (508-cm) reflecting telescope and a 48-inch (122-cm) Schmidt telescope.
- paraphase amplifier — an amplifier that produces a push-pull output from a single input.
- particle kinematics — Particle kinematics is the study of the movement of particles, without considering the forces that cause this movement.
- pass someone's lips — to be eaten or drunk by someone
- peak listening time — the time at which the highest numbers of audiences are listening to the radio
- peninsular malaysia — part of Malaysia, on the Malay Peninsula: consists of the former Federated Malay States, the former Unfederated Malay States, and the former Straits Settlements. Capital: Kuala Lumpur. Pop: 17 144 322 (2000). Area: 131 587 sq km (50 806 sq miles)
- phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- physical impairment — A physical impairment is a condition in which a part of a person's body is damaged or is not working properly.