14-letter words containing t, r, o, m
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
- thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thermoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by changes in temperature.
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- thermoremanent — (of a rock) having a remnant magnetic field after cooling or solidification
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermotolerant — (of plants) able to tolerate, but not thriving in, high temperatures
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- thromboembolic — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- throttlebottom — a harmless incompetent in public office.
- tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
- to some degree — to a certain extent
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- torrens system — (in Australia, England, Canada, certain states of the U.S., etc.) a system of registration of land titles in which the titles are settled consequent to establishment and validation by a legal proceeding, designed chiefly to make title insurance unnecessary and to facilitate transfers.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- transamination — the transfer of an amino group from one compound to another.
- transanimation — mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- transformation — the act or process of transforming.
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
- transmigration — the act of transmigrating.
- transmissional — possessing the quality of transmitting or being transmitted
- transom window — a window divided by a transom.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.