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11-letter words containing m, o, n, t, s, e

  • orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
  • ornamentals — Plural form of ornamental.
  • ornamentist — a person who adorns or decorates, esp professionally
  • ostensorium — ostensory.
  • outdoorsmen — Plural form of outdoorsman.
  • oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
  • pentastomid — tongue worm.
  • pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
  • piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
  • pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
  • pneumostome — a breathing hole in the mantle of a gastropod.
  • post-modern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
  • postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
  • prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • profeminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
  • quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
  • reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
  • remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
  • remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • retransform — to transform back, again or differently
  • romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
  • say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
  • second mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the first mate.
  • seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
  • semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
  • short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
  • 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.
  • simon peter — Peter (def 1).
  • smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
  • smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off 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
  • sojournment — the state of sojourning
  • somatogenic — developing from somatic cells.
  • somatomedin — any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.
  • south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
  • southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
  • splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
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