15-letter words containing o, n, c, g, e, s
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- morning service — a regular church service in the mornng
- mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- narcotics agent — an undercover agent who provides information to the police about illegal drugs, illegal drug trafficking, and users of illegal drugs
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- non-consignment — the act of consigning.
- non-egotistical — pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
- nonintersecting — Not intersecting.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- pissing contest — Slang: Vulgar. a contentious argument; confrontation.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- pop one's clogs — If you say that someone has popped their clogs, you mean that they have died.
- process costing — a method of assigning costs to production processes where products must of necessity be produced in one continuous process, with unit cost arrived at by averaging units produced to the total cost of the process.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
- scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
- second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- self-committing — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.