14-letter words containing a, m, t, e, u, r
- counter-demand — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
- crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- departure time — the time of departure of a train, bus, aircraft, etc
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- drum majorette — a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
- eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.