15-letter words containing e, m, t, i, c, s
- objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
- oneirocriticism — the art of interpreting dreams.
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- overpessimistic — excessively pessimistic or negative in outlook
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- pessimistically — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- posse comitatus — the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
- resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
- rules committee — a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- schmitt trigger — a bistable circuit that gives a constant output when the input voltage is above a specified value
- scientific name — Latin term for sth
- secret mosquito — a high-pitched ringtone for a mobile phone, claimed by its distributors to be inaudible to most adults while remaining audible to children and teenagers
- securities firm — a firm that deals in securities
- security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-commitment — the act of committing.
- self-committing — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semi-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- 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
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.