13-letter words containing s, e, m, a, i
- thermostating — 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.
- third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- toastmistress — a woman who presides at a dinner, introduces the after-dinner speakers, and often proposes toasts.
- topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transfeminine — noting or relating to a person who was born male but whose gender identity is more female than male.
- transfeminism — a movement supporting the belief that the rights of transgender women are linked to the feminist movement, specifically the right to assume a gender identity that does not correspond to one’s biological sex assigned at birth.
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transmittance — Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trilateralism — the policy or practice of maintaining relations and cooperation between three groups, nations, or regions.
- triliteralism — the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- unamiableness — the state or quality of being unamiable or ill-tempered
- unassimilable — capable of being assimilated.
- unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unicameralism — consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.
- unilateralism — the advocacy or pursuit of a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament.
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unministerial — not befitting a minister, esp relating to a head of a government department
- unsentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- unsymmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- untransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- variety meats — processed meat, such as sausage, or offal
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
- vernis martin — a finish for furniture, invented in France in the 18th century in imitation of Chinese lacquer.
- visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
- vraisemblance — verisimilitude; appearance of truth
- wearisomeness — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.