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10-letter words containing m, i, t, e, r, s

  • short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
  • shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
  • sidestream — (of cigarette smoke) inhaled by passive smokers
  • skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
  • smartdrive — (storage, product)   A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
  • smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
  • smithereen — to break into small fragments
  • smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
  • sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
  • spare time — leisure hours
  • spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
  • spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
  • spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
  • springtime — the season of spring.
  • stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
  • steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
  • steiermark — German name of Styria.
  • stelliform — star-shaped.
  • stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
  • stimpmeter — a machine used in golf to measure the speed of a putting green
  • streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • streamling — a small stream
  • streamside — the land on the sides of a stream.
  • strip mine — A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed.
  • stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
  • subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
  • summertide — summer time
  • summertime — the summer season.
  • suppertime — the time at which supper is served, usually between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
  • symmetrian — an advocate of symmetry
  • symmetrize — to reduce to symmetry; make symmetrical.
  • syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
  • tensimeter — manometer.
  • tetrasemic — equal to four short syllables
  • the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
  • the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
  • thermistor — a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
  • thermotics — the scientific study of heat
  • thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • time-share — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • timeserver — a person who shapes his or her conduct to conform to the opinions of the time or of persons in power, especially for selfish ends.
  • tom cruise — Tom (Thomas Cruise Mapother, 4th) born 1962, U.S. film actor.
  • traumatise — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • trumscheit — trumpet marine.
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