15-letter words containing a, t, e, m, o, y
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- 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 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.
- 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.
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- system operator — a person who maintains a computer system or network, especially one who operates a computer bulletin board.
- systematization — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- theory of games — game theory.
- thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- tokodynamometer — a pressure gauge strapped to the mother's abdomen during labor to measure uterine contractions.
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
- yosemite valley — a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It has an altitude of about 1200 m (4000 ft), with sheer walls rising about another 1200 m (4000 ft).