11-letter words containing l, a, m, e, r
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- semitrailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
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- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- smell a rat — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- square meal — a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.
- square mile — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; 2.59 square kilometers. 2 , sq. mi. Abbreviation: mi.
- st.-lambert — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- stallmaster — a master of the horse, in charge of the horses belonging to a monarch or similar
- startlement — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- steamroller — a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
- sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- streamlined — streamlined.
- streamliner — something that is streamlined, especially a locomotive or passenger train.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subumbrella — the concave undersurface of a coelenterate medusa, as a jellyfish.
- sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.
- summersault — to perform a somersault.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- supernormal — in excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- tailor-made — tailored.
- tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
- tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
- team leader — the leader of a team, esp in business
- team player — a person who willingly works in cooperation with others.
- temperately — moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- terne metal — an alloy of lead and tin used for plating.
- tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
- the slammer — prison
- thermically — in a thermic manner
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- tilt hammer — a drop hammer used in forging, consisting of a heavy head at one end of a pivoted lever.