15-letter words containing m, e, s, a, t
- thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- tibetan mastiff — a heavy well-built dog of a Tibetan breed with a long thick coat and a bushy tail carried curled over its back, often used as a guard dog
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- 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.
- to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
- total serialism — (in some music after 1945) the use of serial techniques applied to such elements as rhythm, dynamics, and tone colour, as found in the early works of Stockhausen, Boulez, etc
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- transelementate — transelement.
- 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.
- treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
- tread a measure — to dance
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- ultimate-stress — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultraliberalism — a belief in or support for an extremely liberal political party or doctrine
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- 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.
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- unstatesmanlike — not resembling or befitting a political leader whose wisdom, integrity, etc win great respect
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- ust-kamenogorsk — a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- vascular system — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vestimentiferan — any of various marine tubeworms of the phylum Vestimentifera or Pogonophora, which live in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents.
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- warmheartedness — The quality of being warmhearted.
- wassermann test — a diagnostic test for syphilis using the fixation of a complement by the serum of a syphilitic individual.
- water-based mud — Water-based mud is a type of drilling mud consisting mainly of water, which has additives to modify it and make it more effective.
- welfare statism — the belief in or practices of a welfare state.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- what's-her-name — a girl or woman whose name is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked
- what's-his-name — man: forgotten name