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14-letter words containing t, a, u, r, s, m

  • flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
  • fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • harry s trumanElizabeth 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.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
  • housing market — property trade
  • 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.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
  • incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
  • indian mustard — leaf mustard.
  • instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
  • intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
  • isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
  • jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
  • jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
  • kamloops trout — a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
  • karnatak music — the classical music of South India
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • macrostructure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
  • make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • marital status — whether or not one is married
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
  • mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
  • mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • microstomatous — having an unusually small mouth
  • military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
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