15-letter words containing m, y, r, c
- murphy-o'connor — Cormac. born 1932, British cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (2000–09)
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- myristicivorous — feeding on nutmeg
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- noncontemporary — not contemporary
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- northcountryman — a native or inhabitant of the North of England
- obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
- ordinary income — taxable income, as salary and wages, other than capital gains.
- oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
- over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
- palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
- polymorphically — in a polymorphic manner
- primary contact — a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.
- primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
- primary product — a product consisting of a natural raw material; an unmanufactured product
- primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
- prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- pyramidal tract — any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- pyrometric cone — (in a kiln) a triangular piece of material that indicates by bending or melting that a certain temperature has been reached.
- racial minority — a group of a certain race that are in the minority compared to a larger group, the rest of the population, etc
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- remembrance day — (in Canada) November 11, observed as a legal holiday in memory of those who died in World Wars I and II, similar to Veterans Day in the U.S.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
- salem secretary — a tall cabinet having a recessed upper part fitted with drawers and shelves and a lower part with doors and a section falling or pulling out to serve as a writing surface.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder