14-letter words containing t, r, a, m
- intermediation — the act of intermediating.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- intermigration — reciprocal migration; interchange of habitat by migrating groups.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- internal rhyme — a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
- intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- 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)
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- joint mortgage — a loan of money from a bank or building society to buy a house which two or more people are jointly responsible for repaying
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- 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.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- juxtamedullary — (anatomy) next to the edge of the medulla (of the kidney).
- kamloops trout — a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- knight templar — Templar.
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lambeth degree — an honorary degree conferred by the archbishop of Canterbury in divinity, arts, law, medicine, or music.
- lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
- larmor theorem — the theorem that an electron subjected only to the force exerted by the nucleus about which it is moving will undergo Larmor precession but no other change in motion when placed in a magnetic field.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- lateral system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to the side of a channel they occupy and their relative position along that side.
- laterotemporal — (anatomy) Relating to the lateral part of the temporal region of the skull.
- lathing hammer — a hatchet having a small hammer face for trimming and nailing wooden lath.
- latin american — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.