13-letter words containing m, e, d, o
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
- sigmoidoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope for visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon.
- smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
- smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- sodium iodide — a colorless or white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaI, used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, in organic synthesis, and as a disinfectant in veterinary medicine.
- south modesto — a town in central California.
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- syndesmectomy — excision of part of a ligament.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tandem roller — a type of road roller in which the front and back wheels consist of rollers of about the same diameter
- terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
- the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermostatted — 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.
- thioacetamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 2 H 5 NS, used chiefly in analytical chemistry as a source of hydrogen sulfide.
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
- tight-mouthed — tight-lipped.
- time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- to one's mind — in one's opinion
- tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
- tout le monde — all the world; everyone
- trade embargo — a government order imposing a trade barrier
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
- 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.
- unaccompanied — not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
- uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
- uncommendable — not able to be commended; unworthy of commendation; reprehensible
- uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
- uncompanioned — not having a companion; unaccompanied
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.