15-letter words containing m, a, l, t, n
- semi-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
- senile dementia — a syndrome of progressive, irreversible impairment of cognitive function, caused by organic factors and having its onset late in life.
- sentinel animal — an animal that is placed in a given environment and then monitored to find out if an infectious disease or other harmful agent is present in that environment
- settlement date — day by which payment must be made
- siege mentality — a state of mind whereby one believes that one is being constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated.
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- simple equation — linear equation
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
- simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- small intestine — intestine (def 2).
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
- 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.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- systems analyst — A systems analyst is someone whose job is to decide what computer equipment and software a company needs, and to provide it.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
- telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
- the ultimate in — The ultimate in something is the best or most advanced example of it.
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
- thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
- time dilatation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
- totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- traffic calming — Traffic calming consists of measures designed to make roads safer, for example making them narrower or placing obstacles in them, so that drivers are forced to slow down.
- training manual — instructional book