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15-letter words containing a, m, o, s, c, n

  • mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
  • mucous membrane — a lubricating membrane lining an internal surface or an organ, as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary canals.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • muscat and oman — former name of Oman.
  • mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
  • nastic movement — a response of plant parts that is independent of the direction of the external stimulus, such as the opening of buds caused by an alteration in light intensity
  • neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
  • neomercantilism — an economic doctrine or policy during the early 20th century that set high tariffs and other import restrictions in order to protect domestic industries.
  • no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
  • non-charismatic — of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
  • non-chromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
  • non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • non-mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • nonastronomical — not astronomical
  • noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
  • nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • norman conquest — the conquest of England by the Normans, under William the Conqueror, in 1066.
  • ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • onomasiological — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
  • oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • saigon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
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