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16-letter words containing a, d, m, i, e

  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • same-day service — (humour, operating system)   An ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with respect to MS-DOS system calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute). Such response time is a major incentive for programmers to write programs that are not well-behaved. See also PC-ism.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • semidomesticated — living in a state of partial domestication.
  • show-me attitude — a sceptical frame of mind
  • sidestream smoke — secondhand smoke.
  • silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
  • sinus meridianii — an area on the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
  • snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
  • social democracy — a political ideology advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
  • sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
  • speak one's mind — give one's frank opinion
  • standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
  • state-maintained — publicly funded
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • sysdeco mimer ab — (company)   Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
  • terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware)   (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
  • tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
  • titanium dioxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • undenominational — free from religious sects or denominationalism; not limited or belonging to any particular religious group or groups.
  • under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
  • uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
  • uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
  • vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
  • visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
  • wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
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