16-letter words containing o, s, m, e
- thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
- to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
- to come to blows — If two people or groups come to blows, they start fighting.
- to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
- to let off steam — If you let off steam, you get rid of your energy, anger, or strong emotions with physical activity or by behaving in a noisy or violent way.
- to mean business — If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
- to miss the boat — If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
- to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
- to pass judgment — If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
- to pass the time — If you do something to pass the time you do it because you have some time available and not because you really want to do it.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- to stake a claim — If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
- to waste no time — If you waste no time in doing something, you take the opportunity to do it immediately or quickly.
- top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
- topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
- torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
- transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- transport number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
- trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- two-party system — a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
- two-pot screamer — a person easily influenced by alcohol
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- union membership — members of a trade union
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- warminster broom — a European shrub, Cytisus praecox, of the legume family, having yellowish-white or yellow, pealike flowers.
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- when it comes to — with regard to
- windowless monad — (in the philosophy of Leibniz) a monad having no direct causal or perceptual relation with any other monad.
- woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
- women's movement — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
- world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.