13-letter words containing m, e, s, t
- retransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- roman letters — a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- safety margin — something required to ensure safety
- saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
- samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- scatterometer — a radar sensor for measuring the backscatter of light from the ocean's surface
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- school system — state education
- sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
- self-limiting — limiting oneself or itself: a self-limiting authority.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
- semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.