15-letter words containing p, m
- east massapequa — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- eclipse scotoma — a blind spot; a permanent or temporary area of depressed or absent vision caused by viewing the sun directly
- edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- edriophthalmian — edriophthalmous
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- electra complex — the sexual attachment of a female child to her father
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- emancipationist — An advocate of the emancipation of slaves.
- emperor penguin — large Antarctic penguin
- enamel painting — the art or process of decorating an object made of metal, porcelain, etc. using enamel paint
- enantiomorphism — (chemistry) The relationship exhibited by a pair of enantiomorphs.
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
- entrance permit — a permit issued by the government of a country allowing nationals of other countries to enter
- entrepreneurism — Synonym of entrepreneurialism.
- enumerated type — (programming) (Or "enumeration") A type which includes in its definition an exhaustive list of possible values for variables of that type. Common examples include Boolean, which takes values from the list [true, false], and day-of-week which takes values [Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday]. Enumerated types are a feature of strongly typed languages, including C and Ada. Characters, (fixed-size) integers and even floating-point types could be (but are not usually) considered to be (large) enumerated types.
- epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
- epidemiologists — Plural form of epidemiologist.
- episodic memory — the recollection of events within their historical setting
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- ergatandromorph — an ant with the characteristics of both worker and male
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
- expanded memory — (storage) Memory used through EMS. In systems based on Intel 80386 or later processor expanded memory is part of the extended memory that is mapped into the expanded memory page frame by the processor. The mapping is controlled by the EMM. In earlier systems, a dedicated EMS hardware adaptor is needed to map memory into the page frame. In both cases, an appropriate device driver is needed for the proper communication between hardware and EMM.
- experientialism — (philosophy) The theory that experience is the source of knowledge.
- experimentalism — An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts.
- experimentalist — One who performs experiments.
- experimentalize — (transitive) To make experiments upon.
- experimentation — The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
- experimentative — having a tendency to experiment; experimental; of the nature of an experiment
- expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
- extemporisation — Alternative spelling of extemporization.
- extemporization — The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
- fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
- familiar spirit — a supernatural spirit often assuming animal form, supposed to attend and aid a witch, wizard, etc
- family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
- family planning — the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
- family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
- finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
- fire department — the department of a municipal government charged with the prevention and extinguishing of fire.
- flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
- food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
- form an opinion — decide what you think
- former prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, Joshua, Judges, I-II Samuel, and I-II Kings
- free atmosphere — the part of the atmosphere that lies above the frictional influence of the earth's surface.
- fresnel biprism — biprism.
- from top to toe — You can use from top to toe to emphasize that the whole of someone's body is covered or dressed in a particular thing or type of clothing.