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15-letter words containing m, o, t, i, n

  • antirationalism — the opposition to rationalism
  • antiremonstrant — the party that opposed the Remonstrants
  • antiromanticism — the opposition to romanticism
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
  • aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
  • arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • 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
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • 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)
  • audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
  • autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
  • autocollimation — the process used in an autocollimator.
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • badminton court — the court on which games of badminton are played
  • ball ammunition — live small-arms ammunition
  • bar examination — a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
  • barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • be of two minds — to be undecided or irresolute
  • bide one's time — to wait patiently for an opportunity
  • 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
  • bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • 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)
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
  • 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
  • broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • 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.
  • brownian motion — the irregular motion of small particles suspended in a liquid or a gas, caused by the bombardment of the particles by molecules of the medium: first observed by Robert Brown in 1827.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
  • calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
  • campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • cat-o'-mountain — catamountain
  • centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
  • chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
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