15-letter words containing c, o, s, y, a
- legacy software — legacy system
- macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- microcosmically — in a microcosmic manner
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- microscopically — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
- military school — military academy.
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- necessary stool — close-stool.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- non-conveyances — the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
- non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- nonclassicality — The condition of being nonclassical.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- orthopsychiatry — an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
- oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- philosophically — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
- photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
- physiologically — of or relating to physiology.
- policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.