15-letter words containing i, m, u
- eastern rumelia — an autonomous province in the Balkan peninsula, part of the Ottoman Empire, ceded in 1885 to Bulgaria
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
- embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
- emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
- emperor penguin — large Antarctic penguin
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
- entrepreneurism — Synonym of entrepreneurialism.
- equalitarianism — Egalitarianism.
- erosive mixture — An erosive mixture is a mixture containing substances that wear away components or cause problems with the flow of oil along pipelines.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- excluded middle — the principle that every proposition is either true or false, so that there is no third truth-value and no statements lack truth-value
- excommunicating — Present participle of excommunicate.
- excommunication — The act of excommunicating or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
- extreme unction — Catholicism: last rites
- faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
- family business — company owned and run by a family
- family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
- field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
- fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
- figurate number — a number having the property that the same number of equally spaced dots can be arranged in the shape of a regular geometrical figure.
- figure of merit — a measure of the efficiency of a helicopter in hover
- finite automata — Finite State Machine
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- formation fluid — Formation fluid is fluid in the pores (=tiny holes) of a rock.
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- founding member — A founding member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
- francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
- fumitory family — the plant family Fumariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having deeply cut basal or alternate leaves, flowers with four petals of which one or two are spurred or lobed, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, fumitory, and squirrel corn.
- fundamentalists — Plural form of fundamentalist.
- furniture mover — person: removal worker
- futilitarianism — The belief that all human activity is futile.
- fuzzy computing — fuzzy logic
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- gerald mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.