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15-letter words containing a, s, t, o, m, l

  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
  • poststimulation — occurring after stimulation
  • poststimulatory — following stimulation
  • provost marshal — Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
  • proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
  • pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
  • pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
  • relational dbms — relational database
  • remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
  • self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
  • simple equation — linear equation
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • smallmouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus dolomieu, yellowish-green above and lighter below, having the lower jaw extending to the eye.
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • social mobility — mobility (def 2).
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
  • sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
  • soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
  • somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
  • source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
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