14-letter words containing m, o, s, p
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
- spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- submicroscopic — too small to be seen through a microscope.
- sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- tempest-tossed — buffeted about, as by adversities.
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.