15-letter words containing m, e, r, i, n, s
- 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
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- superimposition — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
- supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- teamsters union — the unofficial name of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
- temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- the first-named — something that is specified or named first
- the santa maria — the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
- thermanesthesia — loss of ability to feel cold or heat; loss of the sense or feeling of temperature.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
- third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
- thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
- tim berners-lee — (person) The man who invented the web while working at the Center for European Particle Research (CERN). Now Director of the web Consortium. Tim Berners-Lee graduated from the Queen's College at Oxford University, England, 1976. Whilst there he built his first computer with a soldering iron, TTL gates, an M6800 processor and an old television. He then went on to work for Plessey Telecommunications, and D.G. Nash Ltd (where he wrote software for intelligent printers and a multi-tasking operating system), before joining CERN, where he designed a program called 'Enquire', which was never published, but formed the conceptual basis for today's web. In 1984, he took up a fellowship at CERN, and in 1989, he wrote the first web server, "httpd", and the first client, "WorldWideWeb" a hypertext browser/editor which ran under NEXTSTEP. The program "WorldWideWeb" was first made available within CERN in December, and on the Internet as a whole in the summer of 1991. In 1994, Tim joined the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1999, he became the first holder of the 3Com Founders chair. He is also the author of "Weaving the Web", on the past present and future of the Web. In 2001, Tim was made a fellow of The Royal Society. Tim is married to Nancy Carlson. They have two children, born 1991 and 1994.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
- transition team — a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another
- transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
- trine immersion — a form of baptism in which the candidate is immersed three times, once for each person of the Trinity.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- untransmissible — intransmissible