15-letter words containing m, u, s, i, t, a
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- disambiguations — Plural form of disambiguation.
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- domain squatter — (web) An unscrupulous person who registers a domain name in the hope of selling it to the rightful, expected owner at a profit. E.g. http://foldoc.com/.
- doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
- draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- 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.
- equalitarianism — Egalitarianism.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- fundamentalists — Plural form of fundamentalist.
- futilitarianism — The belief that all human activity is futile.
- gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
- gram's solution — (sometimes lowercase) a solution of iodine, potassium iodide, and water, used in staining bacteria.
- 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)
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- 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
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- humanitarianism — humanitarian principles or practices.
- humanitarianist — humanitarian principles or practices.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- immunostimulant — (immunology, pharmacology) Any substance that stimulates an immune response.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- 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 stamp — an insurance contribution
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
- isoimmunization — the development of isoantibodies within an individual in order to protect against antigens derived from a different member of the same species
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.