15-letter words containing m, s, i, e, u, r
- eastern rumelia — an autonomous province in the Balkan peninsula, part of the Ottoman Empire, ceded in 1885 to Bulgaria
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- entrepreneurism — Synonym of entrepreneurialism.
- equalitarianism — Egalitarianism.
- erosive mixture — An erosive mixture is a mixture containing substances that wear away components or cause problems with the flow of oil along pipelines.
- excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
- fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
- green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
- ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
- ibero-maurusian — of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- instrumentalism — the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience.
- instrumentalist — a person who plays a musical instrument.
- instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
- instrumentation — the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
- insurance claim — request for insurance to be paid
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- interim results — A company's interim results are the set of figures, published outside the regular times, that show whether it has achieved a profit or a loss.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- jerusalem bible — a Roman Catholic version of the Bible published in 1966, translated from the French La Bible de Jérusalem, produced by Dominican scholars in Jerusalem (1956)
- junior minister — politics
- kamensk-uralski — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- little missouri — a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- lord of misrule — (in England) a person formerly chosen to direct the Christmas revels and sports.
- luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).