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14-letter words containing o, p, t, m

  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
  • simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
  • sleep movement — the folding together of leaflets, petals, etc, that occurs at night in certain plants, such as the prayer plant (Maranta leuconura)
  • small potatoes — a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.
  • social-compact — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
  • something's up — something is amiss
  • south thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
  • space platform — space station.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
  • spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
  • spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
  • supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • telephotometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of light emanating from a distant object.
  • temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
  • tempest-tossed — buffeted about, as by adversities.
  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • the omnipotent — an epithet for God
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