16-letter words containing r, a, m, e, k
- measured daywork — a system of wage payment, usually determined by work-study techniques, whereby the wage of an employee is fixed on the understanding that a specific level of work performance will be maintained
- meet one's maker — to die
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
- pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
- sailmaker's palm — palm1 (def 4).
- secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- shoemaker's shop — a shop where shoes are repaired, or made
- shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
- sidestream smoke — secondhand smoke.
- snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
- spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
- square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
- swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
- take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.