15-letter words containing m, u, s, c
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
- pubic symphysis — the fixed joint at the front of the pelvic girdle where the halves of the pubis meet.
- quasi-automatic — having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently: an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
- riemann surface — a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- rules committee — a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.
- sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
- samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
- sb's trump card — Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
- school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
- scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
- scpi consortium — (body) A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
- secret mosquito — a high-pitched ringtone for a mobile phone, claimed by its distributors to be inaudible to most adults while remaining audible to children and teenagers
- securities firm — a firm that deals in securities
- security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semi-successful — achieving or having achieved success.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- so much/so many — You use so much and so many when you are saying that there is a definite limit to something but you are not saying what this limit is.
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium chloride — salt1 (def 1).
- sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
- sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
- source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.