15-letter words containing a, l, e, s, n
- menomonee falls — a city in SE Wisconsin, NW of Milwaukee.
- menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
- mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- miles and miles — a long distance
- millionairesses — Plural form of millionairess.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- ministerialists — Plural form of ministerialist.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
- mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- mole salamander — ambystomid.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- morelos y pavon — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1765–1815, Mexican priest and revolutionary leader.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
- name resolution — (networking) The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- natural realism — naive realism.
- natural science — a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- natural wastage — Natural wastage is the process of employees leaving their jobs because they want to retire or move to other jobs, rather than because their employer makes them leave.
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- neat's-foot oil — a pale-yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather.
- necessary stool — close-stool.
- necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
- needless to say — of course, obviously
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.