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15-letter words containing the

  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • literary theory — the systematic analysis and study of literature using general principles
  • make the effort — try
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • man in the moon — a fancied semblance of a human face in the disk of the full moon, so perceived because of variations in the moon's topography.
  • man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
  • marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
  • mathematization — The process of mathematizing.
  • metamathematics — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of mathematics, as number, function, etc.
  • more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
  • mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
  • mother of pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
  • mother's helper — a person who is hired to assist in household chores, especially caring for children.
  • mother-of-pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother-of-thyme — a branched, woody, prostrate plant, Thymus serpyllum, of the mint family, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, having wiry stems that root at the joints and small, purplish flowers.
  • muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
  • nappa (leather) — a soft, supple leather produced, esp. from sheepskin, by tawing
  • national anthem — official song of a country
  • neither ... nor — and not
  • nemathelminthic — of or pertaining to a nemathelminth
  • neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
  • neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
  • neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
  • neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
  • none other than — You use none other than and no other than to emphasize the name of a person or thing when something about that person or thing is surprising in a particular situation.
  • nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
  • nonmonotheistic — Not monotheistic.
  • north-northeast — the point on the compass midway between north and northeast. Abbreviation: NNE.
  • northeast storm — a cyclonic storm that moves northeastward within several hundred miles of the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada, particularly in fall and winter, its often strong northeast winds causing high seas and coastal damage and bearing rain or snow.
  • northeasterners — Plural form of northeasterner.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northern lights — aurora borealis.
  • northern oriole — an oriole, Icterus galbula, of North America, with highly distinctive eastern and western subspecies that interbreed in the Great Plains region.
  • northern paiute — a member of an American Indian people of Nevada, Oregon, and California, allied to the Paiute.
  • northern parula — any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana (northern parula) having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast.
  • northern sennet — any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
  • not in the race — given or having no chance
  • not the half of — only a small part of
  • nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
  • nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.
  • nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
  • null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
  • nyquist theorem — (communications)   A theorem stating that when an analogue waveform is digitised, only the frequencies in the waveform below half the sampling frequency will be recorded. In order to reconstruct (interpolate) a signal from a sequence of samples, sufficient samples must be recorded to capture the peaks and troughs of the original waveform. If a waveform is sampled at less than twice its frequency the reconstructed waveform will effectively contribute only noise. This phenomenon is called "aliasing" (the high frequencies are "under an alias"). This is why the best digital audio is sampled at 44,000 Hz - twice the average upper limit of human hearing. The Nyquist Theorem is not specific to digitised signals (represented by discrete amplitude levels) but applies to any sampled signal (represented by discrete time values), not just sound.
  • of the order of — having an approximately specified size or quantity
  • off the trolley — Describes the behaviour of a program that malfunctions and goes catatonic, but doesn't actually crash or abort. See glitch, bug, deep space.
  • oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • old father time — time personified
  • old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
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