16-letter words containing m, e, a, s, u
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
- temperature spot — a sensory area in the skin that selectively responds to increased or decreased temperature; a warm spot or a cold spot.
- tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
- terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
- thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tiananmen square — a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- tienanmen square — Tiananmen Square.
- to mean business — If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
- to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
- to pass judgment — If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- transport number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
- visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote