15-letter words containing u, n, r, e, m, o
- hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- ibero-maurusian — of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.
- immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- instrumentation — the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
- intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- job requirement — a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be suitable for a certain job
- junior minister — politics
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- linear momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
- marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
- measurement ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- member function — A method in C++.
- 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
- meritoriousness — The property of being meritorious.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
- monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
- monounsaturated — of or noting a class of fats that lack a hydrogen bond at one point on the carbon chain and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters