12-letter words containing m, i, s, o
- somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
- somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatostatin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the brain and pancreas, that inhibits secretion of somatotropin from the hypothalamus and inhibits insulin production by the pancreas.
- somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- somniloquism — sleep-talking
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spanish moss — an epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the southern U.S., having narrow, grayish leaves and growing in long festoons that drape the branches of trees.
- spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stereoisomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting stereoisomerism.
- stereometric — the measurement of volumes.
- stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stichomythic — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
- stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
- strontium 90 — a harmful radioactive isotope of strontium, produced in certain nuclear reactions and present in their fallout.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs