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15-letter words containing m, a, c, e

  • embryologically — Regarding embryology.
  • emergency brake — hand brake in car
  • emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
  • endocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
  • enterobacterium — (microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
  • entomologically — In terms of entomology.
  • entrance permit — a permit issued by the government of a country allowing nationals of other countries to enter
  • epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
  • epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
  • eric s. raymond — (person)   One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
  • errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
  • etesian climate — a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.
  • ethyl carbamate — a colourless odourless crystalline ester that is used in the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CO(NH2)OC2H5
  • eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
  • ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
  • 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.
  • exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • fall cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
  • fall from grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
  • family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • fanconi anaemia — a rare genetic disorder that can cause bone marrow failure, leukaemia, and tumours
  • farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
  • fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
  • 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
  • fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
  • filemaker, inc. — (company)   The company that distributes the FileMaker database. FileMaker, Inc. was previously known as Claris and was renamed after a restructuring in January 1998.
  • finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
  • flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
  • franco-american — an American of French or French-Canadian descent.
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
  • full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
  • galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
  • garage mechanic — sb employed to repair vehicles
  • gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
  • glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
  • glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
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