15-letter words containing i, s, o, f, r, m
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- officer of arms — an officer with the duties of a herald, especially one charged with the devising, granting, or confirming of armorial bearings.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
- professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- sister of mercy — a member of a congregation of sisters founded in Dublin in 1827 by Catherine McAuley (1787–1841) and engaged chiefly in works of spiritual and corporal mercy.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- sodium fluoride — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NaF, used chiefly in the fluoridation of water, as an insecticide, and as a rodenticide.
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- st. elmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- writ of summons — a writ requiring one to appear in court to answer a complaint.