14-letter words containing m, u, e, s
- tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
- tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- 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
- terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
- the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
- timber cruiser — cruiser (def 6).
- time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- turnkey system — Computers. a computer system purchased from hardware and software vendors, customized and put in working order by a firm that then sells the completed system to the client that ordered it.
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.