13-letter words containing t, a, m, e, l, s
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
- ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- osteoblastoma — (oncology) an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone.
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- roman letters — a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
- saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
- samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.