14-letter words containing a, l, t, m
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transmissional — possessing the quality of transmitting or being transmitted
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- trial examiner — a person appointed to hold hearings and report findings and recommendations to an administrative or quasi-judicial agency or tribunal.
- trial marriage — an arrangement by which a couple live together for a period of time to see if they are compatible for marriage.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
- trimethylamine — a colourless, flammable liquid with a strong, fishy odour
- tripelennamine — a white, crystalline, antihistamine, C 16 H 21 N 3 , used for the treatment of allergic disorders.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- ultramicrotomy — the practice of using an ultramicrotome
- ultraminiature — subminiature.
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- un-manipulated — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unilluminating — not serving to instruct or give insights
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- unmalleability — an unmalleable state or condition
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmaterialized — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution