11-letter words containing l, i, s, o, m
- school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
- 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
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semi-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
- silly money — an absurdly large or, less commonly, small amount of money
- simple pole — a pole of order 1 of a function of a complex variable.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- single room — hotel room for one person
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- 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)
- slow motion — cinema: slower than in reality
- slow-motion — of, pertaining to or made in slow motion: a slow-motion replay.
- slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.
- slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- sociologism — an explanation, expression, concept, etc., characteristic of sociology, especially when lacking reference to other disciplines concerned with human development.
- sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- solid model — A solid model is a representation of a solid (= not liquid or gas) object produced by a computer and used in simulation.
- solmization — the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
- somatically — of the body; bodily; physical.
- some little — rather extensive; fairly full
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- st.-emilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- symbolizing — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- tautologism — the use of tautology.
- teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.