13-letter words containing m, u, l, r
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- semi-delirium — Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stratocumulus — a cloud of a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
- submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
- sulfur-bottom — blue whale.
- summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
- sumo wrestler — Japanese wrestling sportsman
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- sutter's mill — the location in California, NE of Sacramento, near which gold was discovered in 1848, precipitating the gold rush of 1849.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- thaumatolatry — the worship of or excessive admiration for marvels and miracles
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- traumatically — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.