14-letter words containing m, e, t, l, s
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- systematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- telesmatically — in a telesmatic manner
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
- testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
- texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermal stress — Thermal stress is stress caused by differences in temperature or by differences in thermal expansion.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- two-time loser — a person who has been sentenced to prison twice, especially for a major crime in a state where a third sentence is mandatory life imprisonment.
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- unsystematical — unsystematic
- untransmutable — intransmutable
- Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- western omelet — an omelet prepared with diced green peppers, onions, and ham.