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14-letter words containing e, m, i, s, a

  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • systematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • systematicness — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telesmatically — in a telesmatic manner
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
  • text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
  • 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 humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
  • thermaesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • 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.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • time simulator — (simulation)   (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
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