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

  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
  • 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.
  • omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
  • one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
  • oneirocriticism — the art of interpreting dreams.
  • onomasiological — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
  • open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
  • open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • open-pit mining — a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
  • opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
  • orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • order-embedding — A function f : D -> C is order-embedding iff for all x, y in D, f(x) <= f(y) <=> x <= y. I.e. arguments and results compare similarly. A function which is order-embedding is monotonic and one-to-one and an injection. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
  • ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
  • ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
  • organic farming — farming with organic methods
  • organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
  • organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • over-estimation — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • over-excitement — to excite too much.
  • over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
  • palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
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