16-letter words containing e, n, d, a, r, m
- snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
- sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
- sonata da camera — an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, usually consisting of a series of dances.
- state department — state (def 12).
- storm and stress — Sturm und Drang.
- studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
- summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
- sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
- swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
- terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware) (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
- terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
- three-card monte — a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
- tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
- traded endowment — A traded endowment is a traditional with-profits endowment policy that has been sold to a new owner part way through its term.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- under the hammer — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- willem-alexander — full name Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand. born 1967, king of the Netherlands from 2013