16-letter words containing s, m, e, l, u, p
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- specific impulse — a measure, usually in seconds, of the efficiency with which a rocket engine utilizes its propellants, equal to the number of pounds of thrust produced per pound of propellant burned per second.
- sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
- torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.