15-letter words containing m, e, a, d, o
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tall meadow rue — a meadow rue, Thalictrum polygamum.
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the motor trade — the business of selling and buying cars and other road vehicles
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the-ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
- time and motion — A time and motion study is a study of the way that people do a particular job, or the way they work in a particular place in order to discover the most efficient methods of working.
- 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.
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to have it made — If you say that someone has it made or has got it made, you mean that they are certain to be rich or successful.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- tokodynamometer — a pressure gauge strapped to the mother's abdomen during labor to measure uterine contractions.
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- unearned income — income received from property, as interest, dividends, or the like.
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uranium dioxide — a black, crystalline compound, UO 2 , insoluble in water, used in nuclear fuel rods, in ceramics, and pigments.
- video on demand — (communications) (VoD) A planned system using video compression to supply programs to viewers when requested, via ISDN or cable.
- villeda morales — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909?–71, Honduran diplomat and statesman: president 1957–63.
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- waddesdon manor — a mansion near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire: built (1880–89) in the French style for the Rothschild family: noted for its furnishings and collections of porcelain and paintings
- waterfall model — (programming) A software life-cycle or product life-cycle model, described by W. W. Royce in 1970, in which development is supposed to proceed linearly through the phases of requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing (validation), integration and maintenance. The Waterfall Model is considered old-fashioned or simplistic by proponents of object-oriented design which often uses the spiral model instead. Earlier phases are sometimes called "upstream" and later ones "downstream". Compare: iterative model.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.