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14-letter words that end in a

  • microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
  • middle america — average middle-class Americans as a group, as distinguished from the rich or poor or the politically extreme.
  • middle lamella — the layer of cementing material, composed of pectates and similar substances, between the walls of adjacent cells.
  • miner's anemia — hookworm (def 2).
  • mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
  • mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
  • myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
  • nelson mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • new jersey tea — a North American shrub, Ceanothus americanus, of the buckthorn family, the leaves of which were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution.
  • normoglycaemia — the condition of having a normal blood sugar level
  • north carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 sq. mi. (136,198 sq. km). Capital: Raleigh. Abbreviation: NC (for use with zip code), N.C.
  • northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
  • oboe da caccia — a member of the oboe family; the predecessor of the cor anglais
  • off one's nana — mad; insane
  • oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
  • oligomenorrhea — abnormally infrequent menstruation.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • osteosarcomata — Plural form of osteosarcoma.
  • otitis externa — inflammation of the external ear.
  • otitis interna — labyrinthitis.
  • outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • pax britannica — a peace imposed by Great Britain upon hostile nations, especially in the 19th century.
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • phi beta kappa — a national honor society, founded in 1776, whose members are chosen, for lifetime membership, usually from among college undergraduates of high academic distinction.
  • philippine sea — part of the NW Pacific Ocean, east and north of the Philippines
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • pitjantjatjara — an Aboriginal people of the desert area of South Australia
  • planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
  • poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
  • poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • process camera — a large camera used in the photographic processes involved in the printing industry
  • project athena — (project)   A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
  • prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
  • pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • quadrantanopia — (medicine) The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.
  • queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
  • rancho cordova — a town in central California.
  • rangatiratanga — the condition of being a Māori chief; sovereignty
  • reception area — the waiting area in a hotel near the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
  • res adjudicata — res judicata.
  • retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
  • rodrigo borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
  • san pedro sula — a city in NW Honduras.
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