12-letter words containing m, e, a, n, s, t
- steam-engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- supplemental — supplementary.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- tamelessness — the character or state of being tameless
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- thiosinamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter-tasting powder, C 4 H 8 N 2 S, occurring in mustard oil: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transmontane — tramontane.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- understratum — a substratum.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unstimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- unsublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.