10-letter words containing m, e, s, o, r
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- short ream — 480 sheets of paper
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
- shrewmouse — a shrew.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- skeuomorph — 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.
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- small-bore — of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
- smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
- smoke tree — Also called American smoke tree, chittamwood. a tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, native to the southeastern U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- smoke-free — without any smoke from cigarettes, etc
- smokeboard — a board situated above a fireplace to prevent the emission of smoke into a room
- smokeproof — that cannot be penetrated by smoke: a fireproof and smokeproof compartment.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- smoothbore — (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.
- smorrebrod — hors d'oeuvres served on slices of buttered bread
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- soccer mom — a typical American suburban woman with school-age children.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- somberness — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- somerville — Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/ (Show IPA), 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
- somewheres — in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.
- sommerfeld — Arnold (Johannes Wilhelm) [ahr-nawlt-yoh-hahn-uh s-vil-helm] /ˈɑr nɔlt yoʊˈhɑn əsˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1868–1951, German physicist.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- spare room — guest bedroom
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- spot meter — an exposure meter that measures light reflected from only a small area of a subject or scene.
- st.-jerome — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, NW of Montreal.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.