13-letter words containing m, e, a, t, g
- sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- stage manager — a person responsible for the technical details of a theatrical production, assisting the director during rehearsal, supervising the lighting, costuming, setting, prompting, etc., and assuming full responsibility for the stage during a performance of a play.
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- stalagmometer — an instrument for determining the number of drops, or the weight of each drop, in a given volume of liquid.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stone massage — a form of massage using heated smooth stones
- stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
- store manager — sb who runs a shop
- straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
- systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
- target market — intended customers
- team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
- telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- the hermitage — an art museum in St Petersburg, originally a palace built by Catherine the Great
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
- to loom large — If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
- trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
- ungentlemanly — not courteous or chivalrous
- unimaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- weighted mean — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
- zoomastigotes — Plural form of zoomastigote.