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15-letter words containing t, e, m, f

  • moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
  • monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
  • moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
  • mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
  • mortiferousness — deadliness
  • mother of pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother-of-pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother-of-thyme — a branched, woody, prostrate plant, Thymus serpyllum, of the mint family, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, having wiry stems that root at the joints and small, purplish flowers.
  • mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
  • multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • non-enforcement — the act or process of enforcing.
  • non-fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
  • non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
  • nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • noninfringement — an absence or lack of infringement, esp of a patent
  • not before time — If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner.
  • ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
  • old father time — time personified
  • on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
  • overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
  • oxford movement — the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833 in opposition to liberalizing, rationalizing, and evangelical tendencies and emphasizing the principles of primitive and patristic Christianity as well as the historic and catholic character of the church.
  • pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
  • pendulum effect — Also called pendulum law. Physics. a law, discovered by Galileo in 1602, that describes the regular, swinging motion of a pendulum by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
  • performance art — a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • perimeter fence — fence surrounding an area
  • peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
  • picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • 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.
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • pre-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • 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
  • premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • retirement fund — A retirement fund is a special fund which people pay money into so that, when they retire from their job, they will receive money regularly as a pension.
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • rime suffisante — full rhyme.
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