11-letter words containing m, o, i, s, a
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- socinianism — the teachings of Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), It. rationalistic religious reformer, denying the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, etc., and holding that salvation is attained solely by practicing the virtues exemplified by Christ
- sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- solmization — the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
- somatically — of the body; bodily; physical.
- somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- somatomedin — any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.
- somatotonia — a personality type characterized by assertiveness and energy: said to be correlated with a mesomorph body type
- somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
- south miami — a town in S Florida.
- 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.
- 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
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- 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.
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- synonymatic — relating to, or made up of, synonyms
- synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- tautologism — the use of tautology.
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.