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14-letter words containing n, e, t, c, o, m

  • slalom descent — a winding descent
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • socioeconomist — the study of the interrelation between economics and social behavior.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the omniscient — God
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thomson effect — the tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
  • time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
  • to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • ultracompetent — extremely competent
  • unaccommodated — not accommodated; not adapted.
  • unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
  • unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
  • uncommunicated — that has not been communicated
  • uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
  • uncontaminated — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
  • uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
  • uncontemporary — outmoded
  • undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unromanticized — not romantic
  • volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
  • women's centre — a centre providing medical or social services for women
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
  • zeno of citium — c340–c265 b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Cyprus.
  • zygomatic bone — a bone on each side of the face below the eye, forming the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone.
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