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14-letter words containing m, o, e, n, t

  • treatment room — doctor's office
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
  • triiodomethane — iodoform.
  • tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
  • tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography)   A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turn on a dime — change direction quickly
  • two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
  • ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
  • ultracompetent — extremely competent
  • unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
  • uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
  • uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
  • uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
  • uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
  • uncontemporary — outmoded
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • undermentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
  • unromanticized — not romantic
  • unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
  • vietnamization — a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
  • volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
  • volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
  • western omelet — an omelet prepared with diced green peppers, onions, and ham.
  • what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
  • women's centre — a centre providing medical or social services for women
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
  • xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
  • youth movement — a political, religious or social movement that is made up of young people
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