11-letter words containing m, e, n, s
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- 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.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- 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.
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- screen name — a unique sequence of characters that a person chooses to use for identification purposes when interacting with others online, as in computer games, instant messaging, or forums.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- sea anemone — any sedentary marine animal of the phylum Coelenterata, having a columnar body and one or more circles of tentacles surrounding the mouth.
- second home — an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.
- second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
- second name — law: family name
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- self-minded — having a certain kind of mind (usually used in combination): strong-minded.
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- semanticist — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- 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.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- semiquinone — any of the class of free radicals formed as intermediates in the oxidation of a hydroquinone to a quinone.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- sempstering — the profession of being a tailor
- senior prom — a formal dance or gathering of high school students held at the end of the senior year
- sense datum — Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
- sex hormone — any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics.
- shaggy-mane — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
- shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- sillimanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in the form of long, slender, and often fibrous crystals.
- silly money — an absurdly large or, less commonly, small amount of money
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- single malt — a type of whisky that is made at a single distillery and from one type of malted grain