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14-letter words containing m, u, s, t, h, e

  • mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
  • mouths to feed — family members, dependents
  • mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
  • neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • posthumousness — the fact of being posthumous
  • relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
  • somerset house — a building in London, in the Strand, built (1776–86) by Sir William Chambers; formerly housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths: contains (from 1990) the art collections of the Courtauld Institute
  • something's up — something is amiss
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south el monte — a town in SW California.
  • southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
  • sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • summer theater — a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.
  • tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
  • tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • tumbler switch — electrical control
  • turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
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