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13-letter words containing e, l, m, s

  • sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
  • sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
  • swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
  • symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
  • symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
  • table manners — etiquette when eating
  • tail assembly — the tail part of a plane
  • teasel family — the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
  • telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
  • the small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • thermal baths — warm water spa
  • 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 shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
  • time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
  • timed-release — sustained-release.
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
  • tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
  • tout ensemble — all together.
  • tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
  • transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
  • trilateralism — the policy or practice of maintaining relations and cooperation between three groups, nations, or regions.
  • triliteralism — the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages.
  • trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
  • tummy muscles — the muscles of the stomach
  • tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
  • ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
  • ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
  • ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
  • umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
  • umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
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