11-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- self-murder — suicide
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semi-luxury — a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- semi-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- semiamateur — retaining amateur status but receiving prize money or support, as from a sponsor, to cover training expenses.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- semiserious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
- semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- sempiternum — a type of durable woollen fabric popular in the 17th century
- sericterium — a silk-producing gland in a silkworm
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- shuddersome — tending to shudder
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- slumberless — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- sojournment — the state of sojourning
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- 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
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- square meal — a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal.
- square mile — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one mile on each side; 2.59 square kilometers. 2 , sq. mi. Abbreviation: mi.
- steamer rug — a coarse, heavy lap robe used by ship passengers sitting in deck chairs.
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
- stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- submergence — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- submergible — submersible.
- submersible — capable of being submersed.
- subminister — to supply