15-letter words containing m, u, s, c
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- subcommissioner — a member of a subcommission
- succes d'estime — success won by reason of merit and critical respect rather than by popularity.
- suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- summa cum laude — with highest praise: used in diplomas to grant the highest of three special honors for grades above the average.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- summer solstice — the solstice on or about June 21st that marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
- super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
- supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- surface grammar — grammar understood at the level of normal communication, rather than at the underlying level of 'deep' semantic and syntactic analysis
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- unclimbableness — the quality or condition of being unclimbable
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- unsanctimonious — Obsolete. holy; sacred.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- vascular system — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
- whatshumacallit — Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- zapata mustache — a large mustache that curves down the corners of the mouth.