15-Letter Words Ending in M

Cruel seas, for example

"Cruel seas," for example

Being opposed to any priest or saint I call 'crime' ridiculously

MATERIALISM The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

""RATIONALISM The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.""

""ROMANTICISM A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi<?/val forms and methods in opposition to the socalled classical style.""

Pl. archaebacteria An archaeon.

""Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.""

ENANTIOMORPH

One of the enterobacteria; a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae.Enterobacteriaceae.

English character nearly a heresy (Levellers' view)

An empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles.

FUTILITARIAN

""GOVERNMENTAL Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties. as, governmental duties.""

It's Rod/Pam, him/her mixed up in this (wordplay)

Ideal of man's welfare

I am an Irish nut and am troubled by a principle of benevolence

Benevolent philosophy in this UN aim? Drama without director unfolded

""CATABOLISM the breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy, in living organisms; destructive or downward metabolism; -- a form of metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation.metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation.""

""An abnormally high level of insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.""

""METABOLISM The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism). anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).""

PARASITISM The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

""An abnormality of the thyroid gland characterized by the pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones; -- also, the resulting condition characterized by increased metabolism, weight loss, rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, an enlarged thyroid gland and sometimes exophthalmos. It leads to, and may be confirmed by, high plasma levels of triiodothyronine or thyroxin.""

Disease and Illness ()

Funnel-shaped

""The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument.""

Interference by a government in economic matters

Democratic doctrine

A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium. Macrosporangium.

MULTILATERAL Having many sides; manysided.

""CONSERVATISM The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.""

A graphic record of heart sounds and murmurs that is produced by a phonocardiograph.

Special type of reporting

Picture book theory used by the press

News in which pictures play a more important role than text

Competence of experts

Skill not displayed by amateur

Expertise is disguised with prim aloofness

Handedness, in chemistry

Belief in magic

Belief in ghosts

Infestation of parasites by other parasites.

Jingo's excessive ardor

""Biology the study of the relative day and night temperatures required, in a 24-hour period, to achieve the best growth, reproduction, or flowering of plant species or the growth and reproduction of animals. Also thermoperiodicity. Cf. photoperiodism . ; thermoperiodic, thermoperiodical,""

The blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot dislodged from its site of origin.

The end of freedom

Absolute control by the government

System making a NATO militarist mad

ULTRALIBERAL