14-letter words containing m, e, n, s, t
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
- beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
- blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
- bottomlessness — the quality of being very deep or bottomless
- bouleversement — an overthrow or reversal; violent turmoil
- bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- boxed comments — (programming) Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of winged comments.
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
- bring to terms — to reduce to submission; force to agree
- brown stem rot — a disease of soybeans, characterized by brown discoloration and decay of internal tissues of the stem and leaf, caused by a fungus, Cephalosporium gregatum.
- by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- case statement — switch statement
- casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
- centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
- chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
- chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
- cinnamon stone — essonite
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- common objects — (language) An object-oriented Lisp from Hewlett-Packard.