11-letter words containing c, r, o, m
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- 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.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- 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.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- smock frock — a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Compare blouse (def 3).
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- 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
- so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
- sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stereotomic — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- storm force — (on the Beaufort scale) force 10 0r 11
- storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
- tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.