14-letter words containing m, i, s, l, n
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
- operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- pacific salmon — any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- quasi-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
- quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
- quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramshorn snail — any of various freshwater snails
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- remedilessness — the state or quality of being remediless or incapable of being restored or corrected
- reminiscential — of or relating to reminiscence; reminiscent.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- sacramentalism — a belief in or emphasis on the importance and efficacy of the sacraments for achieving salvation and conferring grace.
- sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
- salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- scintillometer — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.