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14-letter words containing o, u, t, m, a

  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
  • 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.
  • diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
  • 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
  • dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
  • drum majorette — a girl or woman who leads a marching band or drum corps.
  • 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.
  • eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
  • excommunicator — One who excommunicates.
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • fanum fortunae — ancient name of Fano.
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
  • gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
  • guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
  • 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
  • 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.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
  • hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • 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.
  • humidification — to make humid.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
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