20-letter words containing m, a, b, l, e, t
- pentobarbital sodium — a barbiturate drug used in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic. Formula: C11H17N2O3Na
- periodontal membrane — the collagenous, fibrous connective tissue between the cementum of the tooth and the alveolus.
- potassium binoxalate — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, poisonous solid, KHC 2 O 4 , that is usually hydrated: used chiefly for removing ink stains, cleaning metal and wood, and in photography.
- saint john ambulance — an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
- self-belaying system — (in climbing) equipment used to pay out rope as required and thus enable a climber to self-belay
- semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
- sodium metabisulfite — Sodium metabisulfite is a crystalline compound used as an antioxidant.
- splice the mainbrace — to issue and partake of an extra allocation of alcoholic spirits
- stefan-boltzmann law — the law stating that the total energy radiated from a blackbody is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.
- the (whole) ballgame — the main or decisive factor, event, etc.
- to burst into flames — If something bursts into flames or bursts into flame, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
- tribromoacetaldehyde — bromal.
- vertical combination — the integration within one company of individual businesses working separately in related phases of the production and sale of a product.
- wardrobe malfunction — an embarrassing situation caused by the clothes a person is wearing
- westminster assembly — a convocation that met at Westminster, London, 1643–49, and formulated the articles of faith (Westminster Confession of Faith) that are accepted as authoritative by most Presbyterian churches.
- wet-bulb temperature — The wet-bulb temperature is the temperature reached by a small amount of liquid evaporating in a large amount of an unsaturated air-vapor mixture.