13-letter words containing m, a, c, p
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- small capital — a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters.
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- specific name — the second part in the name of a species, such as norvegicus in Rattus norvegicus
- specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- t's & c’s — terms and conditions
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- training camp — A training camp for soldiers or sports players is an organized period of training at a particular place.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- unaccompanied — not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
- uncompanioned — not having a companion; unaccompanied
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging