14-letter words containing s, o, m, a
- domestications — Plural form of domestication.
- doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
- double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
- dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- economicalness — The quality of being economical.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
- endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- fashionmonging — the act of analysing, following or advising others on fashion
- fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
- ferromagnesian — (of minerals and rocks) containing iron and magnesium.
- ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- ferromanganese — a ferroalloy containing up to 90 percent manganese.
- first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
- florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
- flotsam-jetsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.