11-letter words containing m, i, s, p, o
- soroptimist — a member of an international association of professional or executive businesswomen (Soroptimist Club) devoted primarily to welfare work.
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- 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.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- 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.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- steam point — the temperature at which water vapor condenses at a pressure of one atmosphere, represented by 100°C and 212°F.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stop motion — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- stop-motion — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
- subsumption — an act of subsuming.
- superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- 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)
- 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
- unpromising — unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
- zoomorphism — zoomorphic representation, as in ornament.