0%

15-letter words containing m, o, c

  • sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
  • sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
  • soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
  • source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • state socialism — the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.
  • statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • stereochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the relative positions in space of the atoms or groups of atoms in a compound and with the effects of these positions on the properties of the compound.
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • sumatra camphor — borneol.
  • summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
  • summer solstice — the solstice on or about June 21st that marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • swiss army code — (programming, humour)   Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
  • symbolics, inc. — (company)   The company which produced the Lisp Machine.
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
  • sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • symptomatically — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • symptomological — relating to symptomology
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
  • thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
  • the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
  • the common good — If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
  • the common weal — the good of society
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • the second form — the second year of secondary school
  • theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
  • thermal reactor — a nuclear reactor in which most of the fission is caused by thermal neutrons
  • thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?