15-letter words containing a, g, l, e, m, i
- 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
- 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.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- plural marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
- refamiliarizing — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- 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.
- regular premium — A regular premium is money paid to buy insurance coverage in installments at particular time intervals, such as monthly or annually.
- 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.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- saguia el hamra — the N part of Western Sahara.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- serial marriage — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- siege mentality — a state of mind whereby one believes that one is being constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spread-eagleism — boastfulness or bombast, especially in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag-waving.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
- the legal limit — the maximum amount of something that is allowed by law, especially the amount of alcohol allowed before driving
- the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
- unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
- william gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent