14-letter words containing em
- recrementitial — of, relating to, or consisting of recrement or waste matter
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- remanufacturer — a company or industry that engages in making an existing product new again
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- remedilessness — the state or quality of being remediless or incapable of being restored or corrected
- reminiscential — of or relating to reminiscence; reminiscent.
- remittance man — a person who is supported abroad chiefly by remittances from home.
- remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- remonstrations — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remoralization — the act of instilling with morals again; the act of making moral again
- remote control — control of the operation or performance of an apparatus from a distance, as the control of a guided missile by radio signals.
- remote sensing — the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- rescue attempt — an attempt to bring a person or people out of danger, harm, attack, etc
- retirement age — law: age sb stops working
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- russian empire — Russia (def 1).
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- scheme library — (library) (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
- schmidt system — a wide-angle optical system having a concave, spherical mirror whose aberration is neutralized by a correcting lens: often used in special, photographic reflecting telescopes to obtain clear pictures of large areas of the celestial sphere
- scout movement — the group of people who set up the Scout Association and those who currently are involved with it, considered with their organized action
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- semi-automated — partially automated.
- semi-automatic — partly automatic.
- semi-classical — of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
- semi-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
- semi-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- semi-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semi-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- semi-socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
- semi-somnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- semiautonomous — partially self-governing, especially with reference to internal affairs.
- semibreve rest — the longest musical rest in common use, equal in length to a semibreve
- semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.