15-letter words containing m, a, c, r, o, e
- eudiometrically — By means of or in terms of eudiometry.
- 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
- excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
- 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.
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
- 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
- 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.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- greenham common — a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000
- haematachometer — (dated) An apparatus for measuring the velocity of the blood.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
- hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
- heterochromatic — of, having, or pertaining to more than one color.
- heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- jerusalem cross — a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
- karaoke machine — a device that plays a prerecorded backing tape, to which people take it in turns to sing
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- laptop computer — portable computer
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy