13-letter words containing a, t, h, o, m, e
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- protest march — public demonstration
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- show me state — Missouri (used as a nickname).
- show-me state — Missouri2
- smooth-shaven — having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.
- smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- spermatophore — a capsule surrounding a mass of spermatozoa, produced by the male of various animal species and transferred to the female.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- spermatorrhea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- the atonement — the redeeming of humanity and its reconciliation with God through the suffering and death of Jesus Christ
- the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
- the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thematization — the mental act or process of selecting particular topics as themes in discourse or words as themes in sentences
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermoammeter — an ammeter that measures amperage by means of a thermocouple.
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
- thermostating — 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.
- thermostatted — 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.
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
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- thioacetamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 2 H 5 NS, used chiefly in analytical chemistry as a source of hydrogen sulfide.