12-letter words containing m, e, r, y, s
- semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
- sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
- 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.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
- slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stereochromy — the stereochrome process.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- street money — walking-around money (def 2).
- streptomyces — any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- superpolymer — a superior polymer
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- tmj syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- truck system — the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- unmeasurably — of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.
- ureterostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the ureter through the abdominal wall or the flanks, permitting the passage of urine.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- water system — a river and all its branches.
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- y chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.
- y-chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.
- your-majesty — regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur: majesty of bearing; the majesty of Chartres.
- zoochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.