11-letter words containing m, o, n, s, c
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- second home — an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.
- second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
- second name — law: family name
- seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- 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
- 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
- somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
- somatotonic — a person who has a somatotonic personality
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- sub-economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- 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.
- synonymicon — a dictionary of synonyms
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.