14-letter words containing m, u, l, a
- sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
- sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- squash-blossom — indicating or pertaining to a design or configuration resembling the flower of the squash plant, especially as found in jewelry made by various American Indians.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- 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
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- 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
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- 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.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
- 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.
- ujamaa village — communally organized village in Tanzania
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous