11-letter words containing m, a, l, s
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- salad cream — Salad cream is a pale-yellow creamy sauce that you eat with salad.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salmon farm — an enclosed area of water devoted to the rearing of salmon for food
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
- sam hold of — to collect; gather up
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- sample case — a handheld container of samples of products used by a salesperson to show potential customers what is available
- sample rate — (digital signal processing) The number of times an analog signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in kiloHertz (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare data rate. See Nyquist frequency.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- san anselmo — a city in W California.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- satellitium — a group of three or more planets lying in one sign of the zodiac
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scale maker — a person who makes scales for weighing
- scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scamblingly — in a scambling, noisy, or intrusive manner
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- school meal — lunch served at educational institution
- schoolma'am — schoolmarm.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- 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.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
- 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
- sealed-beam — a headlight in which the reflector and lens are hermetically sealed together with the filament in a single unit.
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semi-annual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.