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14-letter words containing s, e, n, i, m

  • tender mercies — discretion or compassion
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
  • text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the omniscient — God
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermostatting — 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.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
  • time-sensitive — physically changing as time passes
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
  • transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
  • transit system — public transport service
  • transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
  • transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • ultramasculine — extremely masculine
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • unidimensional — one-dimensional.
  • universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • universal time — (time, standard)   (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
  • unmaterialised — not materialised
  • unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unsectarianism — the state or quality of being unsectarian
  • unsystematical — unsystematic
  • unsystematized — not systematized or arranged in a system
  • uranium series — the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.
  • Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
  • vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
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