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14-letter words containing m, e, t, i, c, u

  • nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • prime computer — (company)   (Or "Pr1ME") A minicomputer manufacturer.
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
  • quick-tempered — easily angered.
  • quitclaim deed — a deed that conveys to the grantee only such interests in property as the grantor may have, the grantee assuming responsibility for any claims brought against the property.
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
  • retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
  • seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
  • semi-automatic — partly automatic.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
  • sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
  • sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • 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
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
  • superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
  • supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
  • time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
  • transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
  • trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
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