15-letter words containing a, l, e, g, m, n
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
- palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
- 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
- plant agreement — a collective agreement at plant level within industry
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- 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
- 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.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- valency grammar — a system of linguistic syntax, conceived by analogy with chemical valency, according to which verbs have valencies dependent on the number of noun phrases with which they combine
- 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?
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent