12-letter words containing m, s, i, e, u
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semi-serious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
- sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- statute mile — mile (def 1).
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- subjectivism — Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- sumphishness — stupidity, sulkiness
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed