15-letter words containing m, o, n, a
- radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
- 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.
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- re-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- reapportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
- recontamination — the act of contaminating, or of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean, bad, etc.
- recreation room — (in a home or public building) a room for informal entertaining, as for dancing, games, cards, etc.
- redemonstration — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
- redetermination — the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- relational dbms — relational database
- relaxation time — the time that it takes for an exponentially decaying quantity, as radioactive particles or transient electrical currents, to decrease to 36.8 percent of its initial value.
- 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
- renormalization — the action or process of normalizing or causing to conform to a norm or normal state again
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- retained income — retained earnings.
- reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- rhyme or reason — If something happens or is done without rhyme or reason, there seems to be no logical reason for it to happen or be done.
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- romanticization — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romblon islands — a group of islands of the Philippines in the Sibuyan Sea and Tablas Strait, part of the Visayan Islands.
- room-and-pillar — noting a means of extracting coal or other minerals from underground deposits by first cutting out rooms, then robbing the pillars between them; pillar-and-breast.
- routeing domain — (networking) (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
- 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.
- 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.
- sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- say someone nay — to refuse or forbid
- sayan mountains — a mountain range in S central Russia, in S Siberia. Highest peak: Munku-Sardyk, 3437 m (11 457 ft)
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- 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.
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.