14-letter words containing o, m, i, t, s
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
- florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- form criticism — a method of textual analysis, applied especially to the Bible, in which the origin and history of certain passages are traced by isolating their literary forms, as miracle story, saying, or apothegm, on the assumption that they were fixed by oral tradition prior to compilation in written form.
- formosa strait — an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China Seas.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- haematopoiesis — Alternative spelling of hematopoiesis.
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- 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.
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
- hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- histoplasmosis — an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hostile sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- housing market — property trade
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.