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15-letter words containing m, i, n, a

  • tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
  • tatra mountains — a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft)
  • teamsters union — the unofficial name of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
  • telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
  • telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
  • teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
  • terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
  • 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
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
  • the santa maria — the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
  • the ultimate in — The ultimate in something is the best or most advanced example of it.
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
  • thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
  • thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
  • third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes would be prohibited in peacetime and allowed only by prescribed law during wartime.
  • tibetan mastiff — a heavy well-built dog of a Tibetan breed with a long thick coat and a bushy tail carried curled over its back, often used as a guard dog
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
  • time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
  • 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.
  • time management — organized use of time
  • tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
  • tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
  • 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 err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
  • trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
  • traffic calming — Traffic calming consists of measures designed to make roads safer, for example making them narrower or placing obstacles in them, so that drivers are forced to slow down.
  • traffic manager — a person who supervises the transportation of goods for an employer.
  • training manual — instructional book
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • trans-himalayan — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
  • transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
  • transition team — a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another
  • transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
  • tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
  • trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
  • tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
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