14-letter words containing s, u, m
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disambiguating — Present participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
- disequilibrium — lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
- disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
- disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
- dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
- dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- double blossom — a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.
- 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).
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- 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.
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- english muffin — crumpet
- estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- exposure meter — photography: light meter
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extinguishment — The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- fabius maximus — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- face the music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- 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
- fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.