14-letter words containing m, i, c, r, e
- 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
- suicide bomber — A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion.
- 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.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- tender mercies — discretion or compassion
- 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.
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
- 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
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- traffic-jammed — jam1 (def 16).
- 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.
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turmeric paper — paper treated with turmeric: used to indicate the presence of alkalis, which turn it brown, or of boric acid, which turns it reddish-brown.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
- wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
- witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.