12-letter words containing m, a, t, r, s
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- street smart — able to cope in an urban setting
- street-smart — possessing or showing street smarts.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- superstratum — an overlying stratum or layer.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
- symbololatry — the worship of symbols
- syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- tape measure — a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
- taramasalata — a Greek dip or paste of smoked carp roe combined with milk, bread crumbs, lemon juice, and olive oil.
- taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- teratomatous — relating to a tumour typically of the gonads
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thomas hardy — Godfrey Harold, 1877–1947, English mathematician.
- thoracostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the chest wall, usually for the drainage of fluid or the release of an abnormal accumulation of air.
- thrash metal — a type of very fast, very loud rock music that combines elements of heavy metal and punk rock
- three-master — a sailing ship with three masts.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-release — timed-release.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- times square — a wide intersection extending from 43rd to 47th Streets in central Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect.