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13-letter words containing m, e, s, r

  • sacher-masoch — Leopold von [ley-oh-pohlt fuh n] /ˈleɪ oʊˌpoʊlt fən/ (Show IPA), 1836–95, Austrian novelist.
  • sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • sacred bamboo — nandina.
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • sales manager — leader of a sales team
  • salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
  • salwar kameez — long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
  • sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
  • sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
  • samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
  • sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • scatterometer — a radar sensor for measuring the backscatter of light from the ocean's surface
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
  • scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
  • screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • seafaring man — a sailor
  • second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
  • seismic array — a system of linked seismographs arranged in a regular geometric pattern to increase sensitivity to earthquake detection
  • selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
  • semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
  • semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
  • semi-darkness — partial darkness
  • semi-delirium — Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
  • semi-parasite — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
  • semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
  • semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • semievergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
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