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15-letter words containing m, e, t, s, a

  • salem secretary — a tall cabinet having a recessed upper part fitted with drawers and shelves and a lower part with doors and a section falling or pulling out to serve as a writing surface.
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • sam browne belt — a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.
  • sammet, jean e. — Jean E. Sammet
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • scientific name — Latin term for sth
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
  • self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-admittedly — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
  • self-assessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
  • self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-debasement — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
  • self-effacement — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
  • self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
  • self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
  • self-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • seller's market — commerce: greater demand than supply
  • sellers' market — a market in which goods and services are scarce and prices relatively high.
  • semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
  • semi-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • semi-autonomous — acting independently to some degree
  • semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semi-illiterate — unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
  • semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
  • semiterrestrial — living mostly on land but requiring a moist environment or nearby water, especially as a breeding site: Most amphibians are semiterrestrial.
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
  • senile dementia — a syndrome of progressive, irreversible impairment of cognitive function, caused by organic factors and having its onset late in life.
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