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

stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
stamp collection — the act of collecting postage stamps as a hobby
standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
state capitalism — a form of capitalism in which the central government controls most of the capital, industry, natural resources, etc.
steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
stop-limit order — stop order.
storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
summational tone — a musical sound sometimes heard when two loud notes are sounded together, higher in pitch than either
summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
symmetry element — any of four points, lines, or planes of a crystal: a center of symmetry, a reflection plane, a rotation axis, or a rotation-inversion axis.
systems analysis — the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
terminal illness — A terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death.
thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
the first family — a President's family
the marseillaise — the French national anthem. Words and music were composed in 1792 by C. J. Rouget de Lisle as a war song for the Rhine army of revolutionary France
the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
the missing link — a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
the tamil tigers — a Sri Lankan Tamil separatist movement founded in the early 1970s that sought to establish an independent Tamil homeland (Tamil Eelam) in northern Sri Lanka; they waged a military campaign until defeated in 2009 by the Sri Lankan army
thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
to come to blows — If two people or groups come to blows, they start fighting.
to let off steam — If you let off steam, you get rid of your energy, anger, or strong emotions with physical activity or by behaving in a noisy or violent way.
to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
to stake a claim — If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.

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