14-letter words containing p, r, e, m
- summer cypress — burning bush (def 2).
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- sweet-tempered — having a gentle and equable disposition; pleasant.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- 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.
- temper tantrum — tantrum.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- 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.
- temple terrace — a town in W Florida.
- 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
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
- the-peacemaker — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thermoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by changes in temperature.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- tripelennamine — a white, crystalline, antihistamine, C 16 H 21 N 3 , used for the treatment of allergic disorders.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- trumpet marine — an obsolete musical instrument having a long, wooden, pyramid-shaped body, characteristically with one string that is touched with the finger to produce harmonics and is bowed between the touching finger and the upper end.
- trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
- trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- turmeric paper — paper treated with turmeric: used to indicate the presence of alkalis, which turn it brown, or of boric acid, which turns it reddish-brown.