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14-letter words containing o, s, m, u

  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
  • disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
  • dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists
  • documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
  • documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
  • documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
  • domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
  • domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
  • double blossom — a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.
  • double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
  • dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
  • dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
  • 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'.
  • excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
  • exposure meter — photography: light meter
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
  • fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
  • gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
  • 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
  • harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
  • 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.
  • hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
  • heterochromous — of different colors.
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