14-letter words containing m, u, t, e
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
- exposure meter — photography: light meter
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extinguishment — The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- face the music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
- faute de mieux — for lack of anything better
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- four-four time — a form of simple quadruple time in which there are four crotchets to the bar, indicated by the time signature 44
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- gemuetlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- gum turpentine — turpentine (sense 2)
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.