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14-letter words containing s, e, m, p, r

  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • semper fidelis — always faithful
  • semper paratus — always prepared
  • sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
  • shirley temple — Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
  • short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simple measure — rhythm characterized by two or three beats or pulses to a measure.
  • simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • simpson desert — an uninhabited arid region in central Australia, mainly in the Northern Territory. Area: about 145 000 sq km (56 000 sq miles)
  • simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
  • single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
  • space platform — space station.
  • spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
  • spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
  • spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
  • spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
  • sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sports complex — exercise facility, leisure centre
  • spruce budworm — the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada.
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • stream capture — piracy (def 3).
  • striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
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