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14-letter words containing m, u, r, a, n, s

  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • 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.
  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • summer tanager — a tanager, Piranga rubra, of the south and central U.S., the male of which is rose-red, the female olive-green above and yellow below.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • supermasculine — highly masculine
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • 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.
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • ultramasculine — extremely masculine
  • ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • 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.
  • universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • universal time — (time, standard)   (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
  • unmaterialised — not materialised
  • unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
  • unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • untransmutable — intransmutable
  • ural mountains — a mountain system in W central Russia, extending over 2000 km (1250 miles) from the Arctic Ocean towards the Aral Sea: forms part of the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia; one of the richest mineral areas in the world, with many associated major industrial centres. Highest peak: Mount Narodnaya, 1894 m (6214 ft)
  • uranium series — the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.
  • utilitarianism — the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
  • woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
  • young marrieds — young married people
  • zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.
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