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15-letter words containing c, o, m, n, l

  • onomasiological — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
  • phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • racial minority — a group of a certain race that are in the minority compared to a larger group, the rest of the population, etc
  • recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • self-commitment — the act of committing.
  • self-committing — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semicolonialism — the state of being semicolonial
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • social climbing — advancement of one's social status
  • social dynamics — the study of social processes, especially social change.
  • 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.
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • symbolics, inc. — (company)   The company which produced the Lisp Machine.
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
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