14-letter words containing s, i, a, m, e, t
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
- the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
- the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
- thermaesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- 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.
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- 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
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- 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
- 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.
- venetian sumac — smoke tree (def 2).
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- water moccasin — the cottonmouth.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
- winter jasmine — a shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, of China, having winter-blooming, yellow flowers.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- writer's cramp — spasmodic, painful contractions of the muscles of the thumb, forefinger, and forearm during writing.
- yosemite falls — a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2526 feet (770 meters).
- yttrium metals — a series of closely related metals including yttrium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, and sometimes, terbium, gadolinium, and dysprosium