16-letter words containing om
- teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
- telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
- tenant in common — one of two or more persons who hold property by tenancy in common.
- thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
- the common touch — If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them.
- the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
- the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the little woman — one's wife
- the old dominion — a nickname for the US state of Virginia
- thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- to come a gutzer — to make an error or blunder
- to come to blows — If two people or groups come to blows, they start fighting.
- to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
- tomato fruitworm — corn earworm.
- tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
- trail commission — A trail commission is a further commission of between 0.1 and 1 percent that is paid to an advisor provided that the client’s funds remain invested in the product for a specified time.
- transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- uncompromisingly — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- undenominational — free from religious sects or denominationalism; not limited or belonging to any particular religious group or groups.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
- vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
- warminster broom — a European shrub, Cytisus praecox, of the legume family, having yellowish-white or yellow, pealike flowers.
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- well-recommended — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- when it comes to — with regard to
- withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
- woman about town — a socially active, sophisticated woman who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.
- woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
- women's movement — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
- write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.