14-letter words containing t, a, p, e, m
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
- pyjama cricket — one-day cricket, in which the players wear colourful clothing rather than the traditional whites used in longer forms of the game
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rescue attempt — an attempt to bring a person or people out of danger, harm, attack, etc
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- salt dome trap — A salt dome trap is an area where oil has been trapped underground by salt pushing upward.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
- semper paratus — always prepared
- set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
- sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- small potatoes — a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.
- space platform — space station.
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- spermatic cord — the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermatorrhoea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
- spermatothecae — a female reproductive organ in some insects
- sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
- spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
- spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
- splatter movie — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project