11-letter words containing m, e, r, y, s
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- permissibly — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- press money — prest money.
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- rallymaster — an organizer and director of an automobile rally.
- ray's bream — a species of bream Brama brama, common in southern European waters
- rhymesters' — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- 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.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- 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
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- 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.
- seamstressy — needlework
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- semi-luxury — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- 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
- sight rhyme — agreement in spelling, but not in sound, of the ends of words or of lines of verse, as in have, grave.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- star system — the practice of casting and promoting star performers for their ability to draw at the box office.
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner