15-letter words containing m, a, g, l, i, s
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
- nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
- numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
- onomasiological — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- ophthalmologist — a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.
- 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
- 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
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
- plagiostomatous — plagiostome
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- registered mail — prepaid first-class mail that has been recorded at a post office prior to delivery for safeguarding against loss, theft, or damage during transmission.
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- saguia el hamra — the N part of Western Sahara.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- serial marriage — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- siege mentality — a state of mind whereby one believes that one is being constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social climbing — advancement of one's social status
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spread-eagleism — boastfulness or bombast, especially in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag-waving.
- stalagmitically — in a way that relates to, consists of, or is like stalagmites
- stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent