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14-letter words containing s, u, m

  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • 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.
  • gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • gaussian image — the point in an optical system with spherical aberration at which the paraxial rays meet.
  • gerald sussman — (person)   (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
  • half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
  • hammer crusher — A hammer crusher is a crusher in which a hammer hits the material that is being crushed.
  • haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
  • harry s truman — Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
  • harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
  • 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.
  • hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
  • hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
  • heterochromous — of different colors.
  • heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
  • hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
  • honey mushroom — the edible mushroom of the oak-root fungus, Armillariella mellea.
  • horse mushroom — a smooth, edible, large white-capped mushroom, Agaricus arvensis, that has the odor of anise, common in North American meadows and fields.
  • household name — a person or thing that is very well known
  • housing market — property trade
  • housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
  • human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
  • humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
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