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15-letter words containing i, m, o, d

  • mixolydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G.
  • modal auxiliary — Grammar. any of the group of English auxiliary verbs, including can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must, that are used with the base form of another verb to express distinctions of mood.
  • moderate-income — of or relating to those with a close-to-average income within the overall population.
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
  • mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
  • mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
  • mongolian idiot — a person affected with Down syndrome
  • mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
  • monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
  • monosubstituted — containing one substituent.
  • monroe doctrine — the policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • mouse droppings — 1.   (graphics, operating system, jargon)   Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2.   (web, jargon)   The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
  • multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
  • multitudinously — In a multitudinous way.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • murder will out — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • neurodermatitis — W Lichen simplex chronicus, a skin disorder characterized by chronic itching and scratching, resulting in thick, leathery, brownish skin.
  • non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • non-determinant — a determining agent or factor.
  • non-detrimental — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
  • non-diminishing — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
  • noncommissioned — not commissioned, applied especially to military officers, as sergeants and corporals, ranking below warrant officer.
  • noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
  • nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
  • nonintimidating — not intimidating, free of intimidation
  • nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
  • nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • nordic combined — a competition for Nordic skiers comprising ski jumping and cross-country skiing events, the winner having the highest combined score.
  • not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
  • occipitomastoid — (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones.
  • odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
  • oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
  • of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
  • old father time — time personified
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week
  • omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
  • one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
  • open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
  • orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
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