13-letter words containing s, i, m, o
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- 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 discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- time is money — don't waste time
- timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- to one's mind — in one's opinion
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- toastmistress — a woman who presides at a dinner, introduces the after-dinner speakers, and often proposes toasts.
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- 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.
- tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
- transmountain — across or through a mountain or mountains
- transmutation — the act or process of transmuting.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trichromatism — the quality or condition of being trichromatic.
- trophotropism — the response by an organism or cell to, or the movement of an organism or cell towards or away from, an external source of nutrition
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- twitter storm — a message on the Twitter website which attracts a significant amount of attention from other Twitter users and may be picked up by mainstream media
- umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
- unceremonious — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- undiscomfited — not discomfited; at ease
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
- unmaliciously — not in a malicious manner
- unmeritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- victimologist — the study of crime victims and the psychological effects of being a victim.
- vinson massif — a mountain in Antarctica, near the Ronne Ice Shelf: highest point on Antarctica; discovered 1935. About 16,864 feet (5140 meters).
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- vision mixing — the work of selecting and manipulating the television signals from cameras, film, and other sources, to make the composite programme