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11-letter words containing c, o, m, s, t

  • osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
  • osteodermic — of or like an osteoderm
  • ostracoderm — any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods, having the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates.
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
  • photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
  • plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
  • polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
  • postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
  • promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
  • psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
  • psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
  • re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
  • reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
  • roots music — reggae, esp when regarded as authentic and uncommercialized
  • saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
  • saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
  • sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
  • scheme-to-c — (language)   A Scheme compiler written in C that emits C and is embeddable in C. Scheme-to-C was written by Joel Bartlett of Digital Western Research Laboratory. Version 15mar93 translates a superset of Revised**4 Scheme to C that is then compiled by the native C compiler for the target machine. This design results in a portable system that allows either stand-alone Scheme programs or programs written in both compiled and interpreted Scheme and other languages. It supports "expansion passing style" macros, foreign function calls, records, and interfaces to Xlib (Ezd and Scix). Scheme-to-C runs on VAX, ULTRIX, DECstation, Alpha AXP OSF/1, Windows 3.1, Apple Macintosh 7.1, HP 9000/300, HP 9000/700, Sony News, SGI Iris and Harris Nighthawk, and other Unix-like 88000 systems. The earlier 01nov91 version runs on Amiga, SunOS, NeXT, and Apollo systems.
  • schistosome — Also called bilharzia. any elongated trematode of the genus Schistosoma, parasitic in the blood vessels of humans and other mammals; a blood fluke.
  • school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
  • schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
  • sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
  • sclerometer — any instrument for determining with precision the degree of hardness of a substance, especially a mineral, as by measuring the pressure necessary to pierce or scratch it.
  • scotch mist — a combination of mist or fog and drizzle, occurring frequently in Scotland and parts of England.
  • scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
  • scotomatous — loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
  • scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
  • scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
  • scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
  • scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
  • second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
  • semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
  • sextodecimo — sixteenmo (def 1).
  • shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
  • sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
  • somatically — of the body; bodily; physical.
  • somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
  • somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
  • spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
  • spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
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