15-letter words containing m, o, n, l
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments
- apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
- assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
- assimilationism — the theory of promoting the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
- assimilationist — a person who favours and promotes the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
- atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
- atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
- autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
- autocollimation — the process used in an autocollimator.
- ball ammunition — live small-arms ammunition
- balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
- ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
- billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
- binomial series — an infinite series obtained by expanding a binomial raised to a power that is not a positive integer.
- bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
- bioluminescence — the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc
- biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
- bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
- black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
- bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
- blasphemousness — the quality of being blasphemous
- blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
- blossom-end rot — a disease of tomato and pepper caused by a deficiency of calcium, characterized by decay at the blossom end of the fruit.
- blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- blueback salmon — sockeye salmon.
- botulinum toxin — a pharmaceutical formulation of botulin used in minute doses to treat various forms of muscle spasm and for the cosmetic removal of wrinkles
- bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
- brown-tail moth — a white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.
- bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
- cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
- calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
- california mink — cacomistle.
- call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
- camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
- capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
- cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
- cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
- ceylon 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.
- chamber counsel — a counsel who advises in private and does not plead in court
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chenopodium oil — a colorless or yellowish oil obtained from the seeds and leaves of Mexican tea, used chiefly in medicine as an agent for killing or expelling intestinal worms.
- child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
- children's home — care institution for minors
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
- chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
- circumlocutions — Plural form of circumlocution.