13-letter words containing m, a, d, e, s
- semiautomated — partially automated.
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- sendmail inc. — (company) The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
- serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
- squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
- standard time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- stuffed derma — kishke.
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
- sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- the small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
- thermostatted — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- under-measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- underclassman — a freshman or sophomore in a secondary school or college.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unembarrassed — to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- unmetabolised — not metabolised