13-letter words containing t, a, m, y
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- safety margin — something required to ensure safety
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
- stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
- stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
- symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
- symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
- systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
- systemization — systematize.
- tail assembly — the tail part of a plane
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.