10-letter words containing m, o, s, i
- snowmaking — the creation of artificial snow at ski areas.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- sociodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sodomising — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solidarism — the social theory of the solidarity of interests
- somali cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, large ears, and a bushy tail
- somaliland — a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- somerville — Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/ (Show IPA), 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- somniloquy — the act of talking in one's sleep
- sonic boom — a loud noise caused by the shock wave generated by an aircraft moving at supersonic speed.
- sonic mine — an underwater naval explosive which is activated using sound. Also called an acoustic mine.
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- soul music — a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- spasmodist — a person who is spasmodic, especially in style, as a writer, painter, etc.
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spike moss — any of numerous plants of the genus Selaginella, allied to and resembling the club mosses.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spongiform — resembling a sponge, as in appearance or structure.
- spoonerism — the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- squamation — the state of being squamate.
- squamiform — shaped like a scale.
- squamosity — the state or condition of being covered with, formed of, resembling, or consisting of scales
- st. moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stigmatose — relating to or resembling a stigma
- still room — (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
- stilliform — drop-shaped; globular.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
- stomatitis — inflammation of the mouth.
- stone mint — dittany (def 2).
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- stratiform — Geology. occurring as a bed or beds; arranged in strata.
- strigiform — of, pertaining, or belonging to the order Strigiformes, comprising the owls.
- 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.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- submersion — to submerge.
- submission — an act or instance of submitting.