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

  • semivitreous — partially vitreous.
  • senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
  • sensationism — a theory of psychology maintaining that experience consists solely of sensations.
  • sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
  • sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
  • sensorimotor — Psychology. of or relating to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Compare ideomotor.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • series motor — A series motor is a direct current motor that has two windings that are in series, with the same current flowing through each.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • show jumping — sport: horseriding event
  • siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simhat torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23d day of Tishri, that marks the end of the annual cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of the next cycle
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • sink or swim — fail or succeed
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
  • sixth former — student: 16-18
  • sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • small alison — a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
  • sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
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