0%

14-letter words containing o, a, r, s, m

  • assemblyperson — a member of a legislative assembly, especially a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.
  • asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
  • asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
  • astigmatometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
  • astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
  • astrocompasses — Plural form of astrocompass.
  • astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
  • at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
  • backstrap loom — a simple horizontal loom, used especially in Central and South America, on which one of two beams holding the warp yarn is attached to a strap that passes across the weaver's back.
  • balsam of peru — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • bayes' theorem — the fundamental result which expresses the conditional probability P(E/A) of an event E given an event A as P(A/E).P(E)/P(A); more generally, where En is one of a set of values Ei which partition the sample space, P(En/A) = P(A/En)P(En)/Σ P(A/Ei)P(Ei). This enables prior estimates of probability to be continually revised in the light of observations
  • bermuda shorts — close-fitting shorts that come down to the knees
  • beyond measure — If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
  • bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
  • bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
  • bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
  • breakfast room — a room set aside for serving and eating breakfast, esp in a hotel or guesthouse
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
  • broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • camelopardalis — a N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe
  • camera obscura — a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture
  • camp counselor — activities supervisor
  • campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
  • campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
  • carcinosarcoma — a malignant tumour composed of carcinoma and sarcoma
  • case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
  • chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
  • china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
  • chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
  • chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cholera morbus — gastroenteritis
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • chondrosarcoma — A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
  • chordamesoderm — a kind of mesoderm that develops into the notochord
  • chrestomathies — Plural form of chrestomathy.
  • christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
  • chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?