15-letter words containing m, t, e, c, h, n
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmonotheistic — Not monotheistic.
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
- parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- roche moutonnee — a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
- the common good — If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- timber merchant — a merchant that deals in wood for use as a building material
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
- wreathed column — a column having a twisted or spiral form.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent