10-letter words containing m, e, s, t, o
- sheet home — to tighten the sheets of (a square sail) until it is set as flat as possible
- 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.
- shot metal — lead hardened with antimony and arsenic, used to manufacture shot for cartridges.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- smoked out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smokestack — Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
- smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
- smoothbore — (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.
- smoothness — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smoothpate — a bald person with a smooth head
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- soft money — money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- 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.
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- speleothem — a natural structure within a cave
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- 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.
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam coal — coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steam room — a steam-filled and heated room to induce sweating, as in a Turkish bath.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stemmatous — of or relating to a stemma
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- stereogram — a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- stereotomy — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
- stigmatose — relating to or resembling a stigma
- stomodaeum — stomodeum.
- stone mint — dittany (def 2).
- stonemason — a person who builds with or dresses stone.