15-letter words containing m, o, t, r, e
- bar examination — a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
- barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- barothermograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure and temperature.
- bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
- bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
- beam-power tube — a vacuum tube in which the stream of electrons flowing to the plate is focused by the action of a set of auxiliary, charged elements, giving an increase in output power.
- before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
- bergamot orange — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
- 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.
- 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.
- boston massacre — an outbreak (1770) in Boston against British troops, in which a few citizens were killed
- box chronometer — a ship's chronometer, supported on gimbals in a wooden box
- break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
- british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
- 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
- butcher's-broom — a liliaceous evergreen shrub, Ruscus aculeatus, that has stiff prickle-tipped flattened green stems, which resemble and function as true leaves. The plant was formerly used for making brooms
- button mangrove — a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- camelot library — (library)
- camera operator — a person who operates a film or television camera
- camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
- carpometacarpal — Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
- carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
- cassette memory — a removable magnetic tape cartridge that stores data and programs.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- catchment board — a public body concerned with the conservation and organization of water supply from a catchment area
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
- chamber concert — a concert of chamber music
- chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
- chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
- chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
- chemoautotrophy — the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
- chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
- chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromatographer — A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph.
- chromic acetate — a grayish-green, water-soluble powder, Cr(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles.
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.