16-letter words containing s, e, m, p, a
- swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
- take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- tamper-resistant — difficult to tamper with: a tamper-resistant cap on a medicine bottle.
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
- tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
- temperature spot — a sensory area in the skin that selectively responds to increased or decreased temperature; a warm spot or a cold spot.
- terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
- to pass judgment — If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
- to pass the time — If you do something to pass the time you do it because you have some time available and not because you really want to do it.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
- transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
- transport number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
- two-party system — a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength.
- two-pot screamer — a person easily influenced by alcohol
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- welfare payments — government benefits
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.