13-letter words containing m, a, t, p
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermarketer — a person who owns or operates a supermarket.
- supermilitant — highly militant
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- 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
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- t's & c’s — terms and conditions
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tap loop jump — a jump in which the skater takes off from the back outer edge of one skate, makes one full rotation in the air, and lands on the back outer edge of the same skate.
- tape streamer — A tape streamer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a hard disk onto magnetic tape for security or storage.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- tax exemption — immunity from paying tax
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
- temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temporization — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- the upper arm — the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- to tempt fate — If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- totipalmation — totipalmate condition or formation.
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
- training camp — A training camp for soldiers or sports players is an organized period of training at a particular place.
- tramp steamer — tramp (def 19).
- 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
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.