15-letter words containing r, a, m, p, i
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatorial — relating to an improvisator
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- intemperateness — The quality of being intemperate.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- internment camp — a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners, etc.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- ipsissima verba — with the very words; verbatim.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
- knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- limited partner — special partner.
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- malappropriated — misused or mishandled
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.