15-letter words containing m, i, s, n
- anti-radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- antiarrhythmics — Plural form of antiarrhythmic.
- anticlericalism — opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
- anticolonialism — the opposition to colonialism
- antimaterialism — an attitude opposed to materialism
- antimaterialist — opposed to materialism
- antimetabolites — Plural form of antimetabolite.
- antirationalism — the opposition to rationalism
- antiremonstrant — the party that opposed the Remonstrants
- antiromanticism — the opposition to romanticism
- antisentimental — (of a piece of art or literature) deliberately unsentimental
- aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
- aqueous ammonia — ammonia (def 2).
- aqueous-ammonia — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
- arabian jasmine — a climbing shrub, Jasminum sambac, of India, having hairy branches and very fragrant white flowers that turn purple with age, used in making jasmine tea; sampaguita.
- arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
- aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
- assimilationism — the theory of promoting the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
- assimilationist — a person who favours and promotes the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
- astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
- atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
- atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
- augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
- australian mist — a breed of medium-sized cat with a short spotted or marbled coat
- autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
- bacchanalianism — the practice of bacchanalian behaviour; drunken revelry
- bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
- barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
- basic statement — protocol (def 6).
- basse-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: consists of the Cherbourg peninsula in the west rising to the Normandy hills in the east; mainly agricultural
- 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
- bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
- 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
- binomial series — an infinite series obtained by expanding a binomial raised to a power that is not a positive integer.
- bioluminescence — the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc
- bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
- black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
- blindman's buff — a game in which a blindfolded player has to catch and identify another player
- blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
- bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
- bombing mission — a major bomb attack on a specific target or series of targets
- boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
- brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle