13-letter words containing t, a, m, o, s
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- 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.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- protest march — public demonstration
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- ray tomlinson — (person) An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstration — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- remote access — Remote access is a system which allows you to gain access to a particular computer or network using a separate computer.
- 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
- romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- sanitationman — a sanitation worker.
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- santo domingo — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
- santos-dumont — Alberto [ahl-ber-too] /ɑlˈbɛr tʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1932, Brazilian aeronaut in France: designer and builder of dirigibles and airships.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- scatterometer — a radar sensor for measuring the backscatter of light from the ocean's surface
- scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
- scimitar foot — any short leg or foot, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an arc tangent to the floor plane.
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semi-comatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.