15-letter words containing m, a, s, r, n
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
- pan-americanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- pavement artist — sidewalk artist.
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- permanent press — a process in which a fabric is chemically treated to make it wrinkle-resistant so as to require little or no ironing after washing.
- personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- plasma membrane — cell membrane.
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
- preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
- 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.
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- quarrelsomeness — The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature. (from 17th c.).