13-letter words containing e, t, y, m
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- stereo system — a system for recording, reproducing, or broadcasting sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
- stuffed dummy — someone who says or does nothing and is generally inanimate and characterless
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supersymmetry — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
- symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- syndesmectomy — excision of part of a ligament.
- systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
- systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
- systemization — systematize.
- t-stop system — a system of stops calibrated by T numbers.
- tail assembly — the tail part of a plane
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- takeaway meal — a meal which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- 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.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- the archenemy — the devil
- the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
- 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 mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
- thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
- thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- time is money — don't waste time
- token economy — a method of encouraging desirable behavior, especially in a hospital setting, by offering rewards of token money that can be exchanged for special food, access to television, and other bonuses.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.