15-letter words containing c, o, n, t, e, m
- recreation room — (in a home or public building) a room for informal entertaining, as for dancing, games, cards, etc.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
- retained income — retained earnings.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- roche moutonnee — a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- 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.
- 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.
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- 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
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- 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.
- source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- 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.
- teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
- the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
- the common good — If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
- to come to mind — If something comes to mind or springs to mind, you think of it without making any effort.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- un-come-at-able — not accessible
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- uncommunicative — not inclined to talk or disclose information; reserved; taciturn.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.