0%

13-letter words containing m, e, t, l, s

  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
  • spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
  • stalagmometer — an instrument for determining the number of drops, or the weight of each drop, in a given volume of liquid.
  • stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • state militia — (formerly) a force composed of the citizens of a state
  • statesmanlike — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
  • steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
  • stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
  • submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
  • sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
  • sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • sustentaculum — an organ or part that gives support
  • sutter's mill — the location in California, NE of Sacramento, near which gold was discovered in 1848, precipitating the gold rush of 1849.
  • sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
  • sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
  • sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
  • symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
  • table manners — etiquette when eating
  • tail assembly — the tail part of a plane
  • teasel family — the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
  • telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
  • the small ads — the small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?