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

  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
  • atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
  • atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
  • autodidacticism — any self-directed learning or self-education
  • automatic focus — a system in a camera which automatically adjusts the lens so that the object being photographed is in focus, often one using infrared light to estimate the distance of the object from the camera
  • autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
  • baptism of fire — If someone who has just begun a new job has a baptism of fire, they immediately have to cope with very many severe difficulties and obstacles.
  • barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
  • beat one's gums — to talk much and idly
  • beat one's meat — to masturbate
  • before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
  • 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
  • box the compass — to name the compass points in order
  • brachystomatous — having a short proboscis, as certain insects.
  • broadcast storm — (networking)   A broadcast on a network that causes multiple hosts to respond by broadcasting themselves, causing the storm to grow exponentially in severity. See network meltdown.
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • carpometacarpus — a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • cassette memory — a removable magnetic tape cartridge that stores data and programs.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
  • cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
  • chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
  • cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
  • cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
  • 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 fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • combat neurosis — battle fatigue.
  • combat trousers — Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
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