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14-letter words containing r, o, m, e

  • the home front — the civilian population
  • the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
  • the real mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
  • the roman rite — the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome
  • the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
  • the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
  • thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
  • thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • 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.
  • thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
  • thermoremanent — (of a rock) having a remnant magnetic field after cooling or solidification
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thermotolerant — (of plants) able to tolerate, but not thriving in, high temperatures
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
  • thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
  • throttlebottom — a harmless incompetent in public office.
  • tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
  • time simulator — (simulation)   (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
  • to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
  • to some degree — to a certain extent
  • to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
  • torrens system — (in Australia, England, Canada, certain states of the U.S., etc.) a system of registration of land titles in which the titles are settled consequent to establishment and validation by a legal proceeding, designed chiefly to make title insurance unnecessary and to facilitate transfers.
  • totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • treatment room — doctor's office
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
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