15-letter words containing a, g, e, m, t
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
- palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
- pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
- pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
- plant agreement — a collective agreement at plant level within industry
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-arrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- primary storage — main memory
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- program counter — (hardware) (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
- program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- project manager — sb who oversees project plan
- radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- ramjet (engine) — a jet engine, without moving parts, in which the air for oxidizing the fuel is continuously compressed by being rammed into the inlet by the high velocity of the aircraft
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- registered mail — prepaid first-class mail that has been recorded at a post office prior to delivery for safeguarding against loss, theft, or damage during transmission.
- registered name — the official or trademark name of something such as a product or company
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- risk management — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- routeing domain — (networking) (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
- semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- siege mentality — a state of mind whereby one believes that one is being constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated.