15-letter words containing a, t, o, m, r
- informationally — In an informational manner.
- 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.
- intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- 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.
- java 2 platform — Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
- 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
- lavatory humour — humour characterized by excessive mention of lavatories and the excretory functions; vulgar or scatological humour
- law-enforcement — of police, anti-crime
- leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- linear momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
- macro-structure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
- macroaggregated — in the form of a macroaggregate
- macrophotograph — a photograph taken at very close range
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- macrostructural — relating to or resembling a macrostructure
- macrostructures — Plural form of macrostructure.
- made to measure — (of a garment, shoes, etc.) made in accordance with a specific individual's measurements.