14-letter words containing m, o, s, e, c, a
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
- ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
- oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- osteosarcomata — Plural form of osteosarcoma.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- process camera — a large camera used in the photographic processes involved in the printing industry
- processor farm — (computer, parallel) A parallel processor where tasks are distributed, or "farmed out", by one "farmer" processor to several "worker" processors, and results are sent back to the farmer. This arrangement is suitable for applications which can be partitioned into many separate, independent tasks, the canonical examples being ray tracing and the Mandelbrot set. In order to be efficient, the extra time spent on communications must be small compared to the time spent processing each task.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quasi-economic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress