15-letter words containing m, e, n, a, c, d
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
- overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- pac-man defense — a defensive tactic against a hostile takeover in which the targeted company makes its own bid to take over the hostile firm.
- pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
- patent medicine — a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark.
- planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
- pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- remembrance day — (in Canada) November 11, observed as a legal holiday in memory of those who died in World Wars I and II, similar to Veterans Day in the U.S.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- retained income — retained earnings.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- 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.
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unearned income — income received from property, as interest, dividends, or the like.
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- vending machine — a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.