15-letter words containing m, o, n, t, a, s
- snowy mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, part of the Australian Alps: famous hydroelectric scheme
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- steam generator — steam-producing power plant
- 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
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- systematization — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- tatra mountains — a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft)
- teamsters union — the unofficial name of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
- temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
- the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
- totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
- transition team — a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another
- transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
- twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- uinta mountains — a mountain range in NE Utah: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Kings Peak, 4123 m (13 528 ft)
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.