15-letter words containing m, e, n, t, o
- arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
- asbestos cement — a compound of asbestos fiber and Portland cement formerly used for various nonstructural building purposes.
- audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
- augmented roman — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbreviation: I.T.A., i.t.a.
- autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
- baconian method — induction (def 4a).
- balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
- bar examination — a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
- bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
- be of two minds — to be undecided or irresolute
- beat one's gums — to talk much and idly
- beat one's meat — to masturbate
- bergamot orange — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bide one's time — to wait patiently for an opportunity
- billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
- bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
- blossom-end rot — a disease of tomato and pepper caused by a deficiency of calcium, characterized by decay at the blossom end of the fruit.
- bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
- boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
- boston massacre — an outbreak (1770) in Boston against British troops, in which a few citizens were killed
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- box chronometer — a ship's chronometer, supported on gimbals in a wooden box
- broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
- brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
- bum someone out — to upset, distress, annoy, depress, bore, etc. someone
- button mangrove — a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
- chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
- chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
- chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
- child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- climate control — air conditioning in a building or vehicle
- code management — source code management
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- coleman lantern — a gasoline lantern that gives a bright light, used by campers
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.