11-letter words containing m, i, a, s
- stalagmites — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
- steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- steam train — a locomotive powered by steam
- steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stigmatical — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- stigmatisms — Optics. the property of a lens that is stigmatic.
- stigmatized — marked out or described (as something bad)
- still alarm — a burglar alarm, fire alarm, or the like, that is activated silently and transmits a warning signal, usually by telephone.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulative — serving to stimulate.
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- streamingly — in a streaming manner
- streamlined — streamlined.
- streamliner — something that is streamlined, especially a locomotive or passenger train.
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subimaginal — of or relating to subimago
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submittable — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- suburbanism — pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- summability — the quality of being summable
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- sustainment — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
- syllabarium — syllabary.