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

  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • polysyllabicism — a polysyllabic style
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • posse comitatus — the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs.
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • 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.
  • primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
  • pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
  • quasi-automatic — having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently: an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash.
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
  • sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
  • sadomasochistic — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • 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.
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • schistosomiasis — an infection caused by parasitic flukes of the genus Schistosoma, occurring commonly in eastern Asia and in tropical regions and transmitted to humans through feces-contaminated fresh water or snails: symptoms commonly include pain, anemia, and malfunction of the infected organ.
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
  • semicolonialism — the state of being semicolonial
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
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