16-letter words containing i, t, e, m
- tenant in common — one of two or more persons who hold property by tenancy in common.
- 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.
- terminal illness — A terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death.
- terminal moraine — a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.
- terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- territorial army — The Territorial Army is a British armed force whose members are not professional soldiers but train as soldiers in their spare time.
- texture modifier — a substance that is added to food products to increase viscosity
- thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
- thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
- the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
- the first family — a President's family
- the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- the little woman — one's wife
- the marseillaise — the French national anthem. Words and music were composed in 1792 by C. J. Rouget de Lisle as a war song for the Rhine army of revolutionary France
- the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
- the missing link — a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
- the morn's nicht — tomorrow night
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the old dominion — a nickname for the US state of Virginia
- the tamil tigers — a Sri Lankan Tamil separatist movement founded in the early 1970s that sought to establish an independent Tamil homeland (Tamil Eelam) in northern Sri Lanka; they waged a military campaign until defeated in 2009 by the Sri Lankan army
- the time is ripe — If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done.
- thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thesis statement — a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.
- three blind mice — nursery rhyme
- three-mile limit — the limit of the marine belt of three miles (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tiananmen square — a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- tienanmen square — Tiananmen Square.
- tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
- time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
- titanium dioxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
- to a/the minimum — If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible.
- to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
- to mean business — If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
- to miss the boat — If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
- to pass the time — If you do something to pass the time you do it because you have some time available and not because you really want to do it.