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15-letter words containing m, i, s, o, r

  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
  • preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
  • primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
  • primary storage — main memory
  • primordial soup — the seas and atmosphere as they existed on earth before the existence of life, consisting primarily of an oxygen-free gaseous mixture containing chiefly water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
  • primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
  • primrose yellow — primrose (def 3).
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
  • professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • promissory note — a written promise to pay a specified sum of money to a designated person or to his or her order, or to the bearer of the note, at a fixed time or on demand.
  • properispomenon — a word with an accentuated penultimate syllable that is indicated by means of a circumflex
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
  • question master — quizmaster.
  • quotation marks — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
  • radio astronomy — the branch of astronomy that utilizes extraterrestrial radiation in radio wavelengths rather than visible light for the study of the universe.
  • ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
  • random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
  • redemonstration — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
  • relational dbms — relational database
  • remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
  • remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
  • reverse osmosis — the process in which pure water is produced by forcing waste or saline water through a semipermeable membrane.
  • rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • rimsky-korsakov — Nicolai Andreevich [nyi-kuh-lahy uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kəˈlaɪ ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1908, Russian composer.
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • romblon islands — a group of islands of the Philippines in the Sibuyan Sea and Tablas Strait, part of the Visayan Islands.
  • rules committee — a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • secret mosquito — a high-pitched ringtone for a mobile phone, claimed by its distributors to be inaudible to most adults while remaining audible to children and teenagers
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
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