0%

13-letter words containing m, e, t, a, c

  • 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.
  • 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
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • 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.
  • semi-comatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
  • semi-detached — partly detached.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiautomatic — partly automatic.
  • semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
  • sex chromatin — Barr body.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • smear tactics — actions designed to slander another person or organization in order to damage their reputation
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • sparcsystem 4 — (computer)   A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
  • stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • state chamber — a room for public ceremonies and celebrations.
  • static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
  • steamer chair — deck chair.
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
  • stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
  • stretch marks — Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • sustentaculum — an organ or part that gives support
  • sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
  • symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tartar emetic — antimony potassium tartrate, K(SbO)C4H4O6·1⁄2H2O, a poisonous, odorless, white salt used in medicine to cause expectoration, vomiting, and perspiration, and in dyeing as a mordant
  • team teaching — a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills, knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?