15-letter words containing u, n, m, a, s, c
- muscat and oman — former name of Oman.
- muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
- mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- no-claims bonus — law: insurance premium reduction
- nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
- norman conquest — the conquest of England by the Normans, under William the Conqueror, in 1066.
- opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- riemann surface — a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
- so much/so many — You use so much and so many when you are saying that there is a definite limit to something but you are not saying what this limit is.
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- unclimbableness — the quality or condition of being unclimbable
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- unsanctimonious — Obsolete. holy; sacred.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.