12-letter words containing a, m, t, u
- sausage meat — minced and processed pork
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- square meter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. 2 , sq. m. Abbreviation: m.
- statute mile — mile (def 1).
- steatomatous — of or resembling a steatoma
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- superstratum — an overlying stratum or layer.
- supplemental — supplementary.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- tape measure — a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- tautavel man — Arago man.
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- tax immunity — the fact of being immune from taxation
- team up with — join forces with
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- teratomatous — relating to a tumour typically of the gonads
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.