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15-letter words containing em

  • semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
  • semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
  • semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
  • seminal vesicle — either of two small saclike glands, located on each side of the bladder in males, that add nutrient fluid to semen during ejaculation.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • semisubmersible — Also called semisubmersible rig. a self-propelled barge that is mounted on partially submerged legs supported by underwater pontoons, rides at anchor, and serves as a work base and living quarters in deep offshore drilling operations.
  • semiterrestrial — living mostly on land but requiring a moist environment or nearby water, especially as a breeding site: Most amphibians are semiterrestrial.
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
  • senile dementia — a syndrome of progressive, irreversible impairment of cognitive function, caused by organic factors and having its onset late in life.
  • september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
  • serous membrane — any of various thin membranes, as the peritoneum, that line certain cavities of the body and exude a serous fluid.
  • settlement date — day by which payment must be made
  • shalom aleichem — Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shoh-lem,, -luh m] /ˈʃoʊ lɛm,, -ləm/ (Show IPA), or Shalom [shah-lohm] /ʃɑˈloʊm/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Solomon Rabinowitz) 1859–1916, Russian author of Yiddish novels, plays, and short stories; in the U.S. from 1906.
  • shemini atseres — the festival which follows upon Sukkoth on Tishri 22 (and 23 outside Israel), and includes Simchat Torah
  • sholem aleichem — Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shoh-lem,, -luh m] /ˈʃoʊ lɛm,, -ləm/ (Show IPA), or Shalom [shah-lohm] /ʃɑˈloʊm/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Solomon Rabinowitz) 1859–1916, Russian author of Yiddish novels, plays, and short stories; in the U.S. from 1906.
  • sholom aleichem — Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shoh-lem,, -luh m] /ˈʃoʊ lɛm,, -ləm/ (Show IPA), or Shalom [shah-lohm] /ʃɑˈloʊm/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Solomon Rabinowitz) 1859–1916, Russian author of Yiddish novels, plays, and short stories; in the U.S. from 1906.
  • social democrat — a person who advocates a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • stereochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the relative positions in space of the atoms or groups of atoms in a compound and with the effects of these positions on the properties of the compound.
  • suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
  • supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • sweating system — the practice of employing workers in sweatshops.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • system operator — a person who maintains a computer system or network, especially one who operates a computer bulletin board.
  • systematization — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
  • systems analyst — A systems analyst is someone whose job is to decide what computer equipment and software a company needs, and to provide it.
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
  • temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
  • thermoremanence — the state or quality of being thermoremanent
  • thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
  • thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
  • time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
  • time management — organized use of time
  • trade agreement — commercial treaty between nations
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • transelementate — transelement.
  • tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
  • tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
  • ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
  • un-supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
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