15-letter words containing a, m, t, e, r, o
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- homoerotophobia — Homophobia; antipathy towards homosexuals.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- in the majority — the largest group
- indetermination — the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
- information age — a period beginning about 1975 and characterized by the gathering and almost instantaneous transmission of vast amounts of information and by the rise of information-based industries.
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- instrumentation — the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
- joint agreement — a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people
- juxtaglomerular — (anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.
- katathermometer — a thermometer used to measure the cooling power of ambient air
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- kernmantel rope — a rope made of many straight nylon fibres within a plaited sheath; used for its tensile strength, freedom from twisting, and elasticity
- kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
- lamp-post error — fencepost error
- laptop computer — portable computer
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- lateral moraine — a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.
- latino-american — an American who is of Latin-American or Spanish origin