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11-letter words containing d, m, s, o

  • 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.
  • outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
  • outdoorsmen — Plural form of outdoorsman.
  • over-modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
  • overimposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
  • paramastoid — of or relating to the part of the skull next to the mastoid process
  • pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
  • pentastomid — tongue worm.
  • piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
  • plasmodesma — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • pre-imposed — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
  • precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
  • prompt side — the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: P.S.
  • pseudoedema — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
  • pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
  • pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
  • pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
  • psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • radiosodium — the radioactive isotope of sodium having an atomic mass of 24 and a half-life of 14.9 hours: used as a tracer in biochemistry.
  • readmission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
  • rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
  • roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
  • rose madder — a pigment derived from anthraquinone and hydrated oxide of aluminum, characterized chiefly by its reddish color and permanence: used in painting. Compare madder lake (def 2).
  • sam hold of — to collect; gather up
  • san domingo — Santo Domingo (defs 2, 3).
  • sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
  • scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale
  • scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
  • sealed move — the last move before an adjournment, which is written down by the player making it, sealed in an envelope, and kept secret from his opponent until play is resumed
  • second home — an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.
  • second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
  • second name — law: family name
  • self-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • semi-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
  • seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
  • sextodecimo — sixteenmo (def 1).
  • shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
  • shed dormer — a dormer with a flat roof sloping in the same direction as the roof from which the dormer projects.
  • shittimwood — the wood of the shittah tree, believed to be a species of acacia
  • shuddersome — tending to shudder
  • sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
  • simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
  • slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
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