15-letter words that end in es
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- micrometastases — Plural form of micrometastasis.
- micrometeorites — Plural form of micrometeorite.
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- microstructures — Plural form of microstructure.
- miles and miles — a long distance
- millionairesses — Plural form of millionairess.
- misappropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
- multiliteracies — Plural form of multiliteracy.
- musical statues — a children's party game in which players run around while music is played. Whenever the music stops, the players have to stand motionless. Anyone who moves is out
- natural virtues — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- neurohypophyses — Plural form of neurohypophysis.
- new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
- new territories — a British crown colony comprising Hong Kong island (29 sq. mi.; 75 sq. km), Kowloon peninsula, nearby islands, and the adjacent mainland in SE China (New Territories) reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. 404 sq. mi. (1046 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- non-conveyances — the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
- non-necessities — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- nonelectrolytes — Plural form of nonelectrolyte.
- nursing studies — the study of nursing
- on o's haunches — If you get down on your haunches, you lower yourself towards the ground so that your legs are bent under you and you are balancing on your feet.
- open one's eyes — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
- paraffin series — methane series
- phenomenologies — the study of phenomena.
- platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
- platyhelminthes — a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
- pretty pictures — (scientific computation) The next step up from numbers. Interesting graphical output from a program that may not have any sensible relationship to the system the program is intended to model, but good for showing to management.
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- pulitzer prizes — one of a group of annual prizes in journalism, literature, music, etc., established by Joseph Pulitzer: administered by Columbia University; first awarded 1917.
- push up daisies — any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- quincentenaries — Plural form of quincentenary.
- reading glasses — spectacles
- realized losses — Realized losses are losses which have occurred upon the sale of an asset.
- relief supplies — food, water, medication, clothes, etc given to people in need, esp in disaster areas