14-letter words containing m, e, r, l
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- slum clearance — the removal for rehousing, by the state, of those people who previously lived in slum areas, to prepare the area for demolition and rebuilding
- snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- social realism — a style of painting, especially of the 1930s in the U.S., in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.
- soldiers' home — an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- son et lumiere — sound-and-light show.
- space platform — space station.
- spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
- stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
- tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- telephotometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of light emanating from a distant object.
- tell el amarna — a group of ruins and rock tombs in Upper Egypt, on the Nile below Asyut: site of the capital of Amenhotep IV, built about 1375 bc; excavated from 1891 onwards
- telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- temple terrace — a town in W Florida.
- ten-metre line — a dashed line on a rugby field ten metres away from the halfway line; the ball must be kicked beyond this to begin play
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
- terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner