15-letter words containing u, n, m, s, i
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- 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)
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- poststimulation — occurring after stimulation
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
- prerequirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
- pusillanimously — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- question master — quizmaster.
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- quotation marks — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- redisbursements — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- reed instrument — a wind instrument with a single or double reed, as a saxophone or an oboe.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
- 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.
- rime suffisante — full rhyme.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary
- rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
- run-time system — (programming) (RTS, run-time support, run-time) Library code and processes which support software written in a particular language running on a particular platform. The RTS typically deals with details of the interface between the program and the operating system such as system calls, program start-up and termination, and memory management.
- sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
- sayan mountains — a mountain range in S central Russia, in S Siberia. Highest peak: Munku-Sardyk, 3437 m (11 457 ft)
- schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
- 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.
- scpi consortium — (body) A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
- self fulfilment — the act or fact of fulfilling one's ambitions, desires, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-fulfilment — the act or fact of fulfilling one's ambitions, desires, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- self-punishment — the act of punishing.
- semi-autonomous — acting independently to some degree
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.