11-letter words containing h, o, m, t
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
- 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.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
- smooth down — make flat and even
- smooth over — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
- smoothhound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- solar month — month (def 4).
- solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- somersworth — a town in SE New Hampshire.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- south miami — a town in S Florida.
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stethometer — an instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest and abdomen during respiration.
- 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.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- strike home — to deliver an effective blow
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- tacheometer — a type of theodolite designed for the rapid measurement of distances, elevations, and directions
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- 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).
- technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thalidomide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 13 H 10 N 2 O 4 , formerly used as a sedative: if taken during pregnancy, it may cause severe abnormalities in the limbs of the fetus.
- thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
- the commune — the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
- the miocene — this epoch or rock series
- the moer in — furious; enraged
- the moonies — the Unification Church
- thedominion — New Zealand