15-letter words containing mi
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- semisubmersible — Also called semisubmersible rig. a self-propelled barge that is mounted on partially submerged legs supported by underwater pontoons, rides at anchor, and serves as a work base and living quarters in deep offshore drilling operations.
- semiterrestrial — living mostly on land but requiring a moist environment or nearby water, especially as a breeding site: Most amphibians are semiterrestrial.
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
- semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shemini atseres — the festival which follows upon Sukkoth on Tishri 22 (and 23 outside Israel), and includes Simchat Torah
- simian virus 40 — SV 40.
- social dynamics — the study of social processes, especially social change.
- solution mining — removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- stalagmitically — in a way that relates to, consists of, or is like stalagmites
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- stereochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the relative positions in space of the atoms or groups of atoms in a compound and with the effects of these positions on the properties of the compound.
- street ministry — the vocation of a church worker, clergyman, or the like who frequents public places in an attempt to help runaways, prostitutes, or others on the margins of society.
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
- suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
- super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
- support mission — assistance given by one military unit to another to assist in the accomplishment of the supported unit's mission.
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- tachyarrhythmia — an irregular and too-rapid heartbeat
- take the mickey — mock
- terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the legal limit — the maximum amount of something that is allowed by law, especially the amount of alcohol allowed before driving
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the next minute — You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly.
- the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thymidylic acid — a nucleotide consisting of thymine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. It is a constituent of DNA
- to bear in mind — If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember.
- to come to mind — If something comes to mind or springs to mind, you think of it without making any effort.
- to get mixed up — if you get mixed up, you get confused about something
- traffic calming — Traffic calming consists of measures designed to make roads safer, for example making them narrower or placing obstacles in them, so that drivers are forced to slow down.
- transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
- transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
- trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- unintermittedly — in an unintermitted manner