14-letter words containing m, a, r, s, u
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- customer's man — registered representative.
- demerara sugar — Demerara sugar is a type of brown sugar. It is made from sugar cane that is grown in the West Indies.
- demisemiquaver — a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- gerald sussman — (person) (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hammer crusher — A hammer crusher is a crusher in which a hammer hits the material that is being crushed.
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harry s truman — Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.