15-letter words containing i, n, u, m
- simple pendulum — a hypothetical apparatus consisting of a point mass suspended from a weightless, frictionless thread whose length is constant, the motion of the body about the string being periodic and, if the angle of deviation from the original equilibrium position is small, representing simple harmonic motion (distinguished from physical pendulum).
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- smoky mountains — Great Smoky Mountains
- snowy mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, part of the Australian Alps: famous hydroelectric scheme
- sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- sodium monoxide — a white powder, Na 2 O, that reacts violently with water to produce sodium hydroxide.
- solution mining — removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.
- sound symbolism — a nonarbitrary connection between phonetic features of linguistic items and their meanings, as in the frequent occurrence of close vowels in words denoting smallness, as petite and teeny-weeny.
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- squirrel monkey — either of two small, long-tailed monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii of Central America and S. sciureus of South America, having a small white face with black muzzle and gold, brown, or greenish fur: S. oerstedii is endangered.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- sublapsarianism — infralapsarianism.
- subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
- suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- superimposition — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- support mission — assistance given by one military unit to another to assist in the accomplishment of the supported unit's mission.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tatra mountains — a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft)
- teamsters union — the unofficial name of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- the next minute — You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly.
- the ultimate in — The ultimate in something is the best or most advanced example of it.
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
- torsion modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- training manual — instructional book