15-letter words containing n, e, t, m
- antepenultimate — third from last
- anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
- anti-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- anti-federalism — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
- anti-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- anticipointment — (rare) The state of mind resulting from excitedly anticipating a strongly promoted product, event, film, etc, and then being disappointed when it fails to meet the expectations generated by this promotion.
- anticlericalism — opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
- anticommutative — (of a binary operation) having the property that one term operating on a second is equal to the negative of the second operating on the first, as ab = −ba.
- anticompetitive — (in business) discouraging competition
- antidevelopment — (of a group) opposed to development
- antiferromagnet — a material which exhibits antiferromagnetism
- antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
- antimaterialism — an attitude opposed to materialism
- antimaterialist — opposed to materialism
- antimetabolites — Plural form of antimetabolite.
- antimony glance — stibnite
- antimony yellow — a poisonous pigment used in painting and enameling, consisting chiefly of lead antimoniate and characterized by its fugitive yellow color, rapid drying rate, and strong film-forming properties.
- antiremonstrant — the party that opposed the Remonstrants
- antisentimental — (of a piece of art or literature) deliberately unsentimental
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments
- apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
- apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
- aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
- archaeastronomy — (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
- archeoastronomy — the branch of archaeology that deals with the apparent use by prehistoric civilizations of astronomical techniques to establish the seasons or the cycle of the year, especially as evidenced in the construction of megaliths and other ritual structures.
- argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
- arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
- armaments depot — a store for armaments
- armes parlantes — arms using devices to illustrate the name of the bearers, such as a rose and a wall to illustrate the name Rosewall
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- army-navy store — a retail store selling a stock of surplus army, naval, and other military apparel and goods, often at bargain rates.
- arrangement fee — a fee charged by a bank, building society, etc for setting up a loan
- arrest judgment — to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
- arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
- asbestos cement — a compound of asbestos fiber and Portland cement formerly used for various nonstructural building purposes.
- at arm's length — If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.
- audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
- augmented roman — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbreviation: I.T.A., i.t.a.
- augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
- autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
- baconian method — induction (def 4a).
- balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
- bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
- bar examination — a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
- barium titanate — a crystalline ceramic used in capacitors and piezoelectric devices. Formula: BaTiO3
- basic statement — protocol (def 6).
- bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.