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

  • nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
  • nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
  • numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
  • ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
  • odontostomatous — having jaws that resemble teeth
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
  • outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
  • over-assessment — too much assessment
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • over-estimation — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • panophthalmitis — the inflammation of all eye tissue
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • pavement artist — sidewalk artist.
  • pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
  • pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • permanent press — a process in which a fabric is chemically treated to make it wrinkle-resistant so as to require little or no ironing after washing.
  • peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
  • platyhelminthes — a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms.
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
  • postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
  • poststimulation — occurring after stimulation
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
  • pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
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