15-letter words containing m, o, l, i, t, u
- poststimulatory — following stimulation
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- 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.
- run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- simple equation — linear equation
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- 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
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- solution mining — removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- summer solstice — the solstice on or about June 21st that marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- torsion modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- ulterior motive — secret or underlying aim
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.