14-letter words containing m, o, n, s, h, i
- non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
- nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
- norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- pension scheme — savings fund for retirement
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- ramshorn snail — any of various freshwater snails
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
- ship's company — company (def 11).
- shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
- something else — sth different
- something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- something's up — something is amiss
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.