15-letter words containing min
- embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
- ethnic minority — an immigrant or racial group regarded by those claiming to speak for the cultural majority as distinct and unassimilated
- ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
- examining board — an organization that sets and corrects exams
- eye examination — an eye test
- factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
- feast or famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
- feast-or-famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
- feminine ending — Prosody. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable.
- flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
- fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
- gluteus minimus — the innermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the abduction and rotation of the thigh.
- hard mint candy — a hardened mint-flavoured sweet
- health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
- homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
- homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
- hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
- ignition timing — Ignition timing is the timing of the spark relative to the piston top dead center in a spark ignition engine.
- ignominiousness — The state or quality of being ignominious.
- indeterminately — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- indetermination — the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
- indeterministic — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- innominate bone — either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
- innominate vein — brachiocephalic vein.
- interminability — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- intra-abdominal — being within the abdomen.
- italian jasmine — an evergreen shrub, Jasminum humile, of the olive family, having fragrant, golden-yellow flowers.
- junior minister — politics
- jus postliminii — postliminy.
- laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
- lamino-alveolar — articulated with the blade of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge.
- luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).
- mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
- melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
- methamphetamine — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 0 H 1 5 N, used clinically in the treatment of narcolepsy, hyperkinesia, and for blood pressure maintenance in hypotensive states: also widely used as an illicit drug.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- mind how you go — Some people say 'Mind how you go' when they are saying goodbye to someone who is leaving.
- miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- miniaturisation — Alternative spelling of miniaturization.
- miniaturization — to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- minimum tillage — no-tillage.
- mining engineer — a person whose job is to carry out mining engineering