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14-letter words containing s, t, e, m

  • frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
  • futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
  • games mistress — a woman who teaches games and sports in a school
  • gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
  • gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
  • go to extremes — do sth drastic
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
  • haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
  • haematopoiesis — Alternative spelling of hematopoiesis.
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
  • hammerstein ii — Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)
  • haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • have a stomack — to be pregnant
  • headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
  • headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
  • hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
  • heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
  • hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
  • heterochromous — of different colors.
  • heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
  • heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
  • heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
  • hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
  • histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
  • homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
  • honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
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