15-letter words containing m, e, n, s, t
- simple equation — linear equation
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple interest — interest payable only on the principal; interest that is not compounded.
- simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
- simple sentence — a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday.
- simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
- sistine madonna — a Madonna painted by Raphael for the Church of St. Sixtus at Piacenza, Italy.
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- sixth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing the right to a trial by jury in criminal cases.
- small intestine — intestine (def 2).
- smelling bottle — a small bottle or vial for holding smelling salts or perfume.
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- smoker's tongue — Pathology. leukoplakia in the mouth caused by irritation due to smoking.
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- somerset island — an island in the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut, Canada, NW of Baffin Island. 9594 sq. mi. (24,848 sq. km).
- source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- star-nosed mole — a North American mole, Condylura cristata, having a starlike ring of fleshy processes around the end of the snout.
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- steam generator — steam-producing power plant
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stony meteorite — any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- street ministry — the vocation of a church worker, clergyman, or the like who frequents public places in an attempt to help runaways, prostitutes, or others on the margins of society.
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
- superimposition — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- systematization — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- systems analyst — A systems analyst is someone whose job is to decide what computer equipment and software a company needs, and to provide it.
- take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.