14-letter words containing m, a, r, i, t
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- trumpet marine — an obsolete musical instrument having a long, wooden, pyramid-shaped body, characteristically with one string that is touched with the finger to produce harmonics and is bowed between the touching finger and the upper end.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turmeric paper — paper treated with turmeric: used to indicate the presence of alkalis, which turn it brown, or of boric acid, which turns it reddish-brown.
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- two-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- ultramicrotomy — the practice of using an ultramicrotome
- ultraminiature — subminiature.
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- unhumanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- uniformitarian — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
- uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
- unitary matrix — a square matrix that is the inverse of its Hermitian conjugate
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmaterialized — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- unremunerative — not rewarding or paying for work or service, etc
- unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
- unromantically — in an unromantic manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
- ural mountains — a mountain system in W central Russia, extending over 2000 km (1250 miles) from the Arctic Ocean towards the Aral Sea: forms part of the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia; one of the richest mineral areas in the world, with many associated major industrial centres. Highest peak: Mount Narodnaya, 1894 m (6214 ft)
- uranium dating — a method of dating archaeological or geological specimens by determining the decay activity of the uranium in a given sample.
- utilitarianism — the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
- vibratory mill — A vibratory mill is a machine for grinding something, in which the feed and grinding medium are between two surfaces which vibrate against each other.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
- winter jasmine — a shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, of China, having winter-blooming, yellow flowers.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots
- writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.