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15-letter words containing m, i, e, t, c

  • semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • 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
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
  • simple sentence — a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday.
  • simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
  • sister of mercy — a member of a congregation of sisters founded in Dublin in 1827 by Catherine McAuley (1787–1841) and engaged chiefly in works of spiritual and corporal mercy.
  • smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
  • social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
  • sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
  • state socialism — the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.
  • statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • stereochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the relative positions in space of the atoms or groups of atoms in a compound and with the effects of these positions on the properties of the compound.
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • succes d'estime — success won by reason of merit and critical respect rather than by popularity.
  • suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
  • summer solstice — the solstice on or about June 21st that marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • take the mickey — mock
  • talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
  • tammany society — a benevolent society founded in 1789, which later became Tammany Hall, the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county
  • tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
  • telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the main chance — the opportunity for personal gain (esp in the phrase an eye to the main chance)
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
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