15-letter words containing m, o, g, i
- saigon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- self-committing — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social climbing — advancement of one's social status
- solution mining — removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
- the working man — working class people collectively
- thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
- to get mixed up — if you get mixed up, you get confused about something
- topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- uncommunicating — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- urban migration — the process of people moving from rural areas to cities
- utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
- vegetative coma — a condition in which an injured person is alive but comatose, and does not respond to stimuli
- voronoi diagram — (mathematics, graphics) (Or "Voronoi tessellation", "Voronoi decomposition", "Dirichlet tessellation", After Georgy Feodosevich Voronoy) For a set S of points in a Euclidean space, the partition Vor(S) of the plane into the voronoi polygons associated with the members of S, where each polygon is defined by the set of points nearer to some given point in S than to any other point in S. The Voronoi diagram is the dual of the Delaunay triangulation of S.
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- wondermongering — the promising of miracles