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16-letter words containing m, o, r, s, e

  • sonata da camera — an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, usually consisting of a series of dances.
  • sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
  • source materials — publications from which information is obtained
  • spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
  • spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
  • sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
  • sports equipment — gear used to play sport
  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
  • square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
  • steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
  • stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
  • stereomicroscope — stereoscopic microscope.
  • stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
  • stop-limit order — stop order.
  • storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
  • storm and stress — Sturm und Drang.
  • street performer — busker or entertainer in a public place
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • sub-postmistress — (in Britain) a woman who runs a sub-post office
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • super-patriotism — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
  • swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • sysdeco mimer ab — (company)   Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
  • systematic error — a persistent error that cannot be attributed to chance.
  • systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • temperature spot — a sensory area in the skin that selectively responds to increased or decreased temperature; a warm spot or a cold spot.
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
  • the honor system — a reliance on people to behave properly without supervision
  • the morn's nicht — tomorrow night
  • the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
  • thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
  • thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
  • thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
  • to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
  • top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
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