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17-letter words containing m, u, r, e, s

  • sperrin mountains — a mountain range in NW Northern Ireland
  • spiritus frumenti — whiskey.
  • square centimeter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one centimeter on each side. 2 , sq. cm. Abbreviation: cm.
  • square millimeter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one millimeter on each side. 2 , sq. mm. Abbreviation: mm.
  • squeegee merchant — a person who attempts to make money by squeegeeing the windscreens of cars that are stopped at traffic lights and then asking for payment
  • star-of-jerusalem — meadow salsify.
  • statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
  • stir one's stumps — to move or become active
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • string instrument — a musical instrument that has strings, such as the violin or cello
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • supermassive star — Astronomy. a star with a mass more than fifty times the mass of the sun.
  • supernova remnant — an expanding shell of gas, with accompanying strong radio and x-ray emissions, produced by a supernova.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
  • supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's own life: Many made the supreme sacrifice during the war.
  • surface treatment — A surface treatment is a process applied to the surface of a material to make it better in some way, for example by making it more resistant to corrosion or wear.
  • surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
  • survivor syndrome — a characteristic group of symptoms, including recurrent images of death, depression, persistent anxiety, and emotional numbness, occurring in survivors of disaster.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
  • texas instruments — (company)   (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. The COOL and OATH C++ class libraries were developed at TI, as were PDL2 and the ASC computer, PC-Scheme and Texas Instruments Pascal.
  • textual criticism — lower criticism.
  • the horse's mouth — the most reliable source
  • the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
  • the new jerusalem — the de facto capital of Israel (recognition of this has been withheld by the United Nations), situated in the Judaean hills: became capital of the Hebrew kingdom after its capture by David around 1000 bc; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 bc; taken by the Romans in 63 bc; devastated in 70 ad and 135 ad during the Jewish rebellions against Rome; fell to the Arabs in 637 and to the Seljuk Turks in 1071; ruled by Crusaders from 1099 to 1187 and by the Egyptians and Turks until conquered by the British (1917); centre of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when the Arabs took the old city and the Jews held the new city; unified after the Six Day War (1967) under the Israelis; the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Pop: 693 200 (2003 est)
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • three-course meal — A three-course meal is a meal that consists of three parts served one after the other.
  • to come up trumps — If you say that someone came up trumps, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to.
  • to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
  • tolpuddle martyrs — six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset
  • tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
  • triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
  • trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • turner's syndrome — an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.
  • ultimate strength — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
  • ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
  • uncircumscribable — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • universal grammar — a grammar that attempts to establish the properties and constraints common to all possible human languages.
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • used-car salesman — a person who sells used cars
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