11-letter words containing m, a, o, s
- 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.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ramos-horta — José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader, political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister from independence in 2000 to 2006; president since 2007: Nobel prize 1996.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- 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.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
- remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- 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).
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rousseauism — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- saint-simon — Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.
- 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
- sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- 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 room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- samson post — a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.
- san anselmo — a city in W California.
- san domingo — Santo Domingo (defs 2, 3).
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- 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.
- say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale