15-letter words containing a, m, o, c
- endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
- entomologically — In terms of entomology.
- epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- eric s. raymond — (person) One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
- errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- excommunicating — Present participle of excommunicate.
- excommunication — The act of excommunicating or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
- faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
- fall cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
- fall from grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- fanconi anaemia — a rare genetic disorder that can cause bone marrow failure, leukaemia, and tumours
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- formal calculus — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
- four-ball match — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the four players tee off and the partners alternate in hitting the pair's ball having the better lie off the tee.
- franco-american — an American of French or French-Canadian descent.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- greenham common — a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000
- guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
- gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
- haematachometer — (dated) An apparatus for measuring the velocity of the blood.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- harmonic motion — periodic motion consisting of one or more vibratory motions that are symmetric about a region of equilibrium, as the motion of a vibrating string of a musical instrument.
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry