11-letter words containing m, i, s, r, e
- sericterium — a silk-producing gland in a silkworm
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
- siegmeister — Elie [el-ee] /ˈɛl i/ (Show IPA), 1909–91, U.S. composer.
- sight rhyme — agreement in spelling, but not in sound, of the ends of words or of lines of verse, as in have, grave.
- silversmith — a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- simpliciter — simply
- single room — hotel room for one person
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- smithereens — If something is smashed or blown to smithereens, it breaks into very small pieces.
- smoke-dried — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
- smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermicidal — that kills sperm
- 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.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spider mite — any of numerous, variously colored web-spinning mites of the family Tetranychidae, many of which are pests of garden plants and fruit trees.
- spinmeister — spin doctor.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- square mile — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; 2.59 square kilometers. 2 , sq. mi. Abbreviation: mi.
- st.-germain — St.-Germain-en-Laye.
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- steam train — a locomotive powered by steam
- steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
- stem ginger — ginger root in sugar syrup
- stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
- 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.
- sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
- 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.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.