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15-letter words containing s, a, t, u, m, r

  • quotation marks — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
  • rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • rime suffisante — full rhyme.
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sb's trump card — Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
  • semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
  • sodium stearate — Sodium stearate is a salt of stearic acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam) in order to aid the solubility of hydrophobic substances in oral medicines.
  • source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
  • sumatra camphor — borneol.
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
  • superparasitism — the parasitic deposit of eggs on a host already parasitized by a different member of the same species
  • superpatriotism — the quality of being superpatriotic
  • tarsometatarsus — the large bone in the lower leg of a bird with which the toe bones articulate, formed by the fusion of tarsal and metatarsal bones.
  • tatra mountains — a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft)
  • teamsters union — the unofficial name of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
  • temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
  • transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  • transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
  • treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
  • tread a measure — to dance
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
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