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14-letter words containing t, r, o, m

  • stomatogastric — relating to the mouth and stomach or the connections between the mouth and stomach
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
  • straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
  • strontium unit — a unit expressing the concentration of strontium-90 in an organic medium, such as soil, milk, bone, etc, relative to the concentration of calcium in the same medium
  • stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
  • summer visitor — a person, animal or bird who come to a place in summer
  • superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
  • supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
  • supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
  • sweet marjoram — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family, especially O. majorana (sweet marjoram) having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.
  • sweet wormwood — a widely distributed plant, Artemisia annua, having scented leaves and loose, nodding clusters of yellow flowers.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • systems theory — an approach to industrial relations which likens the enterprise to an organism with interdependent parts, each with its own specific function and interrelated responsibilities
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • take away from — detract
  • tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • tcl consortium — (body)   A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telephotometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of light emanating from a distant object.
  • telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
  • temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
  • temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
  • tenor trombone — one of the two usual forms of the trombone that has a range about two and a half octaves upwards from E
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • tetragrammaton — the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c.
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • the hexaemeron — the six-day period of the Creation
  • the home front — the civilian population
  • the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
  • the real mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
  • the roman rite — the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome
  • the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
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