15-letter words containing r, e, s, n, t, m
- do someone dirt — to do something vicious to someone
- domain squatter — (web) An unscrupulous person who registers a domain name in the hope of selling it to the rightful, expected owner at a profit. E.g. http://foldoc.com/.
- dorito syndrome — (humour) Feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome."
- dumpster diving — the practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.
- eastern rumelia — an autonomous province in the Balkan peninsula, part of the Ottoman Empire, ceded in 1885 to Bulgaria
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- eclaircissement — clarification; explanation.
- economic strike — a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.
- effort syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- effort-syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- elder statesman — experienced, respected figure
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- enantiomorphism — (chemistry) The relationship exhibited by a pair of enantiomorphs.
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
- entre-deux-mers — any wine produced in the area of the Gironde between the rivers Dordogne and Garonne in S France
- entrepreneurism — Synonym of entrepreneurialism.
- equalitarianism — Egalitarianism.
- ethnocentricism — Ethnocentrism.
- excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
- 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.
- extemporisation — Alternative spelling of extemporization.
- feast or famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
- feast-or-famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
- first amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting Congress from interfering with freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition.
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- first messenger — a hormone that triggers a biochemical reaction at a site removed from its release.
- flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
- fragmentariness — The quality of being fragmentary.
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
- gesta romanorum — a popular collection of tales in Latin with moral applications, compiled in the late 13th century as a manual for preachers
- gnome computers — (company) A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
- gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
- green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
- green's theorem — one of several theorems that connect an integral in n -dimensional space with one in (n − 1)-dimensional space.
- ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
- hereditarianism — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health