13-letter words containing t, i, e, m, a
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- smear tactics — actions designed to slander another person or organization in order to damage their reputation
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- square matrix — a matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns.
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- standard time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- state militia — (formerly) a force composed of the citizens of a state
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- statesmanlike — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- stationmaster — a person in charge of a railroad station; station agent.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- steamer chair — deck chair.
- steinheim man — a human of the middle Pleistocene Epoch known from a skull found in Germany and considered to be archaic Homo sapiens.
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
- straight time — the time or number of hours established as standard for a specific work period in a particular industry, usually computed on the basis of a workweek and fixed variously from 35 to 40 hours.
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermilitant — highly militant
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic