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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
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