14-letter words containing p, r, o, t, m
- sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
- short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
- simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
- simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
- space platform — space station.
- spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- spirit compass — a wet compass filled with a mixture of alcohol and water.
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- 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.
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- superimportant — extremely important
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- 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.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.