14-letter words containing s, o, m, a
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- swanscombe man — a primitive human, Homo sapiens steinheimensis, of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, known from a fossil skull fragment found at Swanscombe, England.
- sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
- tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- 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.
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
- testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
- 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.
- thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
- tobacco mosaic — a disease of the nightshade family of plants, particularly tobacco and tomato, caused by the tobacco mosaic virus and characterized by mottled leaves and yellowed, necrotic plants.
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- transamination — the transfer of an amino group from one compound to another.