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15-letter words containing s, i, a, m, n

  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • glass menagerie — a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams.
  • go up in flames — be burned
  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • gram's solution — (sometimes lowercase) a solution of iodine, potassium iodide, and water, used in staining bacteria.
  • 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)
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • 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
  • human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
  • humanitarianism — humanitarian principles or practices.
  • humanitarianist — humanitarian principles or practices.
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
  • hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
  • hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
  • hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
  • hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
  • ibero-maurusian — of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.
  • illimitableness — The quality of being illimitable; absence of limits.
  • image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
  • immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
  • immunodiagnosis — serodiagnosis.
  • immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
  • immunostimulant — (immunology, pharmacology) Any substance that stimulates an immune response.
  • imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
  • implausibleness — The quality of being implausible.
  • implementations — Plural form of implementation.
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
  • impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
  • improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
  • in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • in the same way — similarly
  • in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
  • inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
  • incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
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