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12-letter words containing m, e, r, o, u, s

  • repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • rusty memory — (storage, humour)   Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
  • samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
  • samuel morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
  • schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semi-serious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
  • semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
  • semivitreous — partially vitreous.
  • seymour cray — (person)   The founder of Cray Research and designer of several of their supercomputers. Cray has been a charismatic yet somewhat reclusive figure. He began Cray Research in Minnesota in 1972. In 1988, Cray moved his Cray-3 project to Colorado Springs. The next year, Cray Research spun it off to create Cray Computer. In 1989, Cray left Cray Research and started Cray Computer Corporation in Colorado Springs. His quest to build a faster computer using new-generation materials failed in 1995, and his bankruptcy cost half a billion dollars and more than 400 jobs. The company was unable to raise $20 million needed to finish the Cray-4 and filed for bankruptcy in March 1995. In the summer of 1996, Cray started a Colorado Springs-based company called SRC Computers, Inc. "We think we'll build computers, but who knows what kind or how," Cray said at the time. "We'll talk it over and see if we can come up with a plan." On 1996-09-22, aged 70, Cray broke his neck in a car accident. Surgery for massive head injuries and swelling of the brain leaving him in a critical and unstable condition.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • southernmost — farthest south.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
  • suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
  • summer house — outbuilding used for leisure
  • summer sores — a condition of horses in which itchy lesions are caused by infestation of wounds with Habronema larvae from flies
  • summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
  • super-smooth — dead-smooth.
  • superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superpolymer — a superior polymer
  • 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.
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
  • tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
  • temporaneous — lasting a short while
  • teratomatous — relating to a tumour typically of the gonads
  • thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
  • torso murder — a murder in which the body of the victim is dismembered at the torso.
  • tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • trout stream — a stream in which trout live and which is a good source for catching trout
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