15-letter words containing e, n, c, o, u, r
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- instruction set — (architecture) The collection of machine language instructions that a particular processor understands. The term is almost synonymous with "instruction set architecture" since the instructions are fairly meaningless in isolation from the registers etc. that they manipulate.
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- insurrectionist — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- insurrectionize — to cause insurrection in (a country or the like).
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
- internucleotide — occurring or existing between nucleotides
- introsusception — intussusception.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- lateran council — any of the five ecumenical councils (1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, 1512–17) held in the Lateran Palace.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- linear function — linear transformation.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- member function — A method in C++.
- 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
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- 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.
- monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
- 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 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
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- mucous membrane — a lubricating membrane lining an internal surface or an organ, as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary canals.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
- neuroanatomical — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuroectodermal — Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm.
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.