14-letter words containing r, o, m, e
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- two-time loser — a person who has been sentenced to prison twice, especially for a major crime in a state where a third sentence is mandatory life imprisonment.
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- under-consumed — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- undermentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unremorsefully — in an unremorseful or impenitent manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- watcom vx*rexx — (programming, tool) A visual development environment for creating OS/2 applications with graphical user interfaces. It includes a project management facility, visual designer and an interactive source level debugger. Version 2.1 introduced the VX*REXX Client/Server Edition for client/server GUI application development on OS/2 by incorporating database objects. Using IBM's DRDA support on OS/2, users can access DB2 for MVS, DB2/400 for AS/400, and DB2/VSE and VM (SQL/DS) for VM and VSE. Also supported are Watcom SQL and ODBC-enabled databases. Since the VX*REXX visual development environment is based on IBM's object-oriented SOM technology, VX*REXX applications are open and extensible through the addition of new SOM objects.
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- well-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- western omelet — an omelet prepared with diced green peppers, onions, and ham.
- what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- whoremongering — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
- witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable