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

  • 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
  • supra-nationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • supralapsarianism — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
  • 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.
  • synchronous motor — a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.
  • 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.
  • to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
  • 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.
  • uniformitarianism — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
  • 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
  • user brain damage — (humour)   (UBD) A description (usually abbreviated) used to close a trouble report obviously due to utter cluelessness on the user's part. Compare pilot error; opposite: PBD; see also brain-damaged, PEBCAK.
  • vacuum aspiration — menstrual extraction.
  • valetudinarianism — the state, condition, or habits of a valetudinarian.
  • valsalva maneuver — a forced expiratory effort against a closed glottis that decreases intrathoracic pressure, hampering venous return to the heart, and that can be used to inflate the Eustachian tubes and adjust pressure in the middle ear.
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • vestibular system — the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance
  • visually impaired — (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a handicap.
  • waist measurement — a measure of the circumference of the narrowest part of a person's waist
  • warm-up exercises — preparatory exercises done to warm up the muscles
  • weston-super-mare — a town and resort in SW England, in North Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the Bristol Channel. Pop: 78 044 (2001)
  • wimshurst machine — a device for the production of electric charge by electrostatic induction, consisting of two oppositely rotating glass or mica disks carrying metal strips upon which charges are induced and subsequently removed by contact with metallic combs.
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