14-letter words containing s, t, a, l, m
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- social-compact — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
- sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
- sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- space platform — space station.
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
- specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- substantialism — the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- supplementally — supplementary.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
- systematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- talismanically — in a talismanic manner
- tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- telesmatically — in a telesmatic manner
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
- testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
- 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
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermal stress — Thermal stress is stress caused by differences in temperature or by differences in thermal expansion.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.