15-letter words containing u, n, m, s, i, c
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- coumarone resin — any of the group of thermosetting resins derived by the polymerization of mixtures of coumarone and indene: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints, varnishes, and printing inks.
- cromolyn sodium — a substance, C 23 H 14 Na 2 O 11 , used as a preventive inhalant for bronchial asthma and hay fever.
- croque-monsieur — a sandwich filled with ham and cheese, either dipped in egg batter or buttered on the outside, and toasted or grilled
- cuisine minceur — a style of cooking, originating in France, that limits the use of starch, sugar, butter, and cream traditionally used in French cookery
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- domain calculus — (database) A form of relational calculus in which scalar variables take values drawn from a given domain. Examples of the domain calculus are ILL, FQL, DEDUCE and the well known Query By Example (QBE). INGRES is a relational DBMS whose DML is based on the relational calculus.
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- excrementitious — Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
- fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- homo economicus — a theoretical human being who rationally calculates the costs and benefits of every action before making a decision, used as the basis for a number of economic theories and models
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- impecuniousness — The property of being impecunious.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- insurance claim — request for insurance to be paid
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- janissary music — music characteristic of or imitative of that played by a Turkish military band, typically employing cymbals, triangles, bass drum, and Turkish crescents.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- marcus antonius — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
- medical student — trainee doctor
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.