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15-letter words containing s, t, a, m, n, o

  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • beat one's gums — to talk much and idly
  • beat one's meat — to masturbate
  • bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
  • black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
  • boston massacre — an outbreak (1770) in Boston against British troops, in which a few citizens were killed
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
  • coast mountains — a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft)
  • collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
  • communist china — China, People's Republic of.
  • communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
  • communistically — In a communistic manner.
  • comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
  • comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
  • complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
  • complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • compositionally — in a compositional manner
  • compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
  • computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • conservationism — A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources.
  • consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
  • consumption tax — a tax, as a sales tax, levied on consumer goods or services at the time of sale.
  • contemporaneous — If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
  • contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
  • conventionalism — advocacy of or conformity to that which is established
  • conventual mass — the Mass celebrated daily in a convent church for all members of the conventual community.
  • conversationism — a colloquialism
  • cosmopolitanism — free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
  • cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
  • costermansville — former name of Bukavu.
  • cottonseed meal — the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer
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