14-letter words containing m, i, s, a
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- trinitarianism — the belief in, or doctrine of, the Trinity.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- unidimensional — one-dimensional.
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
- unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
- unsystematical — unsystematic
- unsystematized — not systematized or arranged in a system
- ural mountains — a mountain system in W central Russia, extending over 2000 km (1250 miles) from the Arctic Ocean towards the Aral Sea: forms part of the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia; one of the richest mineral areas in the world, with many associated major industrial centres. Highest peak: Mount Narodnaya, 1894 m (6214 ft)
- uranium series — the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.
- Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
- utilitarianism — the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
- vacuum casting — the casting of metal within a vacuum.
- 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).
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- venetian sumac — smoke tree (def 2).
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- windmill grass — finger grass.
- winter jasmine — a shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, of China, having winter-blooming, yellow flowers.