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11-letter words containing m, i, s, o, r

  • spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
  • spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
  • spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
  • sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
  • stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
  • stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
  • steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
  • stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
  • stereotomic — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
  • stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
  • stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
  • stramineous — of or resembling straw.
  • strike home — to deliver an effective blow
  • 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
  • subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
  • subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
  • superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
  • synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
  • tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
  • temerarious — reckless; rash.
  • tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
  • tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
  • thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
  • tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
  • trimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
  • triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
  • trispermous — having three seeds.
  • tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
  • tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
  • umbratilous — shadowy; faint
  • umbriferous — casting or making shade.
  • unpromising — unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
  • urodynamics — the study and measurement of the flow of urine in the urinary tract
  • vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
  • vermiculous — containing or resembling worms
  • vermivorous — (of birds) feeding on worms, grubs, or insect vermin.
  • voluntarism — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
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