15-letter words containing ome
- fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
- gas thermometer — a device for measuring temperature by observing the change in either pressure or volume of an enclosed gas.
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- gnome computers — (company) A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- greater omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
- haematachometer — (dated) An apparatus for measuring the velocity of the blood.
- hair hygrometer — a hygrometer actuated by the changes in length of a strand of human hair brought about by changes in the relative humidity.
- hapax legomenon — a word or phrase that appears only once in a manuscript, document, or particular area of literature.
- hearth and home — domestic realm
- heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
- hemadynamometer — An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.
- home automation — the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems
- homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
- homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- how come/how so — You ask 'How come?' or 'How so?' when you are surprised by something and are asking why it happened or was said.
- hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
- in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- interferometers — Plural form of interferometer.
- interferometric — Of or pertaining to interferometry or interferometers.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- juxtaglomerular — (anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.
- katathermometer — a thermometer used to measure the cooling power of ambient air
- keystone comedy — a short film of the silent era, often featuring the Keystone Kops.
- leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
- 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.
- magnetic moment — a vector quantity associated with a given electric current, magnet, or the like, having the property that its vector product with the magnetic induction equals the torque acting on the given object.
- make a comeback — popular again
- make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
- marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
- marsh andromeda — a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions
- mesometeorology — the study of atmospheric phenomena of relatively small size, as thunderstorms or tornadoes, and of the detailed structure of larger disturbances.
- micrometastases — Plural form of micrometastasis.
- micrometastasis — The microscopic level action of metastasis, the spread of disease from the primary site to other areas.
- micrometeorites — Plural form of micrometeorite.
- micrometeoritic — relating to micrometeorites
- micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
- microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- moderate-income — of or relating to those with a close-to-average income within the overall population.
- moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
- monomethylamine — methylamine.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
- nark at someone — to nag someone
- national income — the total net earnings from the production of goods and services in a country over a period of time, usually one year, and consisting essentially of wages, salaries, rent, profits, and interest.
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.