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14-letter words containing p, t, a, r, m

  • roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
  • salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
  • sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
  • scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • semper paratus — always prepared
  • sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • space platform — space station.
  • spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • 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
  • sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
  • 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 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
  • stream capture — piracy (def 3).
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • 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.
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • 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).
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