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

  • subsumption — an act of subsuming.
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • 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
  • symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
  • symbolizing — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
  • symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • 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.
  • syndesmosis — a connection of bones by ligaments, fasciae, or membranes other than in a joint.
  • synonymatic — relating to, or made up of, synonyms
  • synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
  • synonymicon — a dictionary of synonyms
  • synonymised — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
  • syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
  • szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
  • taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
  • tautologism — the use of tautology.
  • 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.
  • teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • temerarious — reckless; rash.
  • temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
  • tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
  • tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
  • testimonial — a written declaration certifying to a person's character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc., of a thing; a letter or written statement of recommendation.
  • the moonies — the Unification Church
  • theomachist — a person who battles against the gods or resists the will of the gods
  • 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.
  • thigmotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from any object that provides a mechanical stimulus.
  • thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
  • thotmes iii — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
  • thutmose ii — flourished c1495 b.c, Egyptian ruler, son of Thutmose I, half brother of Thutmose III.
  • tom collins — a tall drink containing gin, lemon or lime juice, and carbonated water, sweetened and served with ice.
  • tombstoning — the activity of diving off cliffs into the sea
  • tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
  • tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • 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.
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