12-letter words containing m, e, s, o, n
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- sensationism — a theory of psychology maintaining that experience consists solely of sensations.
- sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
- sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
- sensorimotor — Psychology. of or relating to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Compare ideomotor.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- shoshone dam — a dam on the Shoshone River. 328 feet (100 meters) high.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
- simple simon — a simpleton.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- somnolescent — sleepy
- 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.
- sound system — equipment for playing music
- southernmost — farthest south.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- sphygmophone — a device by which a pulse may be heard
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- stem-end rot — a disease of fruits characterized by discoloration, shriveling, and decay of the stem and adjacent parts of the fruit and caused by any of several fungi of the genera Diplodia and Phomopsis.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- storm center — the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.