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14-letter words containing a, t, e, m, p, s

  • spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
  • spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
  • sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
  • spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
  • spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • stream capture — piracy (def 3).
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • supplementally — supplementary.
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • symmetry plane — reflection plane.
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
  • triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • west hempstead — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
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