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14-letter words containing m, i, n, a

  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • systematicness — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
  • take a meeting — to attend a business conference
  • talismanically — in a talismanic manner
  • tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
  • tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
  • tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
  • 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.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
  • terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
  • text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • the mujaheddin — (in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
  • the roman rite — the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • 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.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
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