14-letter words containing a, r, e, o, m
- thermoremanent — (of a rock) having a remnant magnetic field after cooling or solidification
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermotolerant — (of plants) able to tolerate, but not thriving in, high temperatures
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- treatment room — doctor's office
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- 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- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water.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
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- 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.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool) A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- yeoman service — excellent service
- young marrieds — young married people
- zonal geranium — a widely cultivated plant, Pelargonium hortorum, having white, pink, or red flowers and rounded leaves that are sometimes banded or blotched with contrasting colors.