14-letter words containing o, u, t, m, a
- sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- stone mountain — a massive, dome-shaped granite outcrop in NW Georgia, near Atlanta: sculptures of Confederate heroes: 825 feet (252 meters) high.
- straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- 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.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superimportant — extremely important
- table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- 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 bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
- to the maximum — If you say that someone does something to the maximum, you are emphasizing that they do it to the greatest degree possible.
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- traumatization — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly