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15-letter words containing c, u, m, a, n

  • insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
  • intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
  • interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
  • interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
  • intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
  • janissary music — music characteristic of or imitative of that played by a Turkish military band, typically employing cymbals, triangles, bass drum, and Turkish crescents.
  • lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
  • machine gunning — the act of using a machine gun
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • macrosporangium — megasporangium.
  • magna cum laude — with great praise: used in diplomas to grant the next-to-highest of three special honors for grades above the average.
  • magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
  • magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
  • magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
  • magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
  • male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
  • male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • manubial column — a triumphal column decorated with spoils of the enemy.
  • marcus antonius — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • matta echaurren — Roberto Antonio Sebastián [raw-ver-taw ahn-taw-nyaw se-vahs-tyahn] /rɔˈvɛr tɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1911–2002, Chilean painter.
  • measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
  • medical student — trainee doctor
  • medullary canal — the central area of a bone, containing marrow
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
  • menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
  • metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
  • microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
  • miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
  • miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
  • miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
  • moravian church — a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church
  • motor insurance — insurance for a motor vehicle such as a car, which provides protection against loss in the event of an accident, theft, etc
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • mount vancouver — a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)
  • mountain rescue — search and rescue conducted on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc
  • mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
  • mucous membrane — a lubricating membrane lining an internal surface or an organ, as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary canals.
  • multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
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