15-letter words containing m, a, r, s, c, h
- hard-shell clam — quahog.
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- macaroni cheese — Macaroni cheese is a dish made from macaroni and cheese sauce.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- mahrisch-ostrau — German name of Moravská Ostrava.
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- market research — investigation into consumers' needs
- market-research — to conduct market research on.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- master mechanic — a mechanic, especially one who is thoroughly skilled, in charge of other mechanics.
- measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- merchant seaman — a seaman who works on a merchant vessel.
- merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
- metatarsal arch — the short lateral arch of the foot formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones.
- michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- military school — military academy.
- mischaracterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
- non-charismatic — of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
- non-chromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
- pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac