11-letter words containing m, u, s, c
- reductivism — reductionism.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- roots music — reggae, esp when regarded as authentic and uncommercialized
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- sarcomatous — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scotomatous — loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- 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.
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scripturism — the state of being versed in Scripture
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
- semiaquatic — partly aquatic; growing or living in or close to water, or carrying out part of its life cycle in water.
- semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
- sericterium — a silk-producing gland in a silkworm
- sheet music — music printed on unbound sheets of paper.
- so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- statcoulomb — the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.
- static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- sub-economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- 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.
- submergence — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submolecule — a part of a molecule
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- succedaneum — a substitute.
- summer camp — a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- supercilium — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- swing-music — Also called Big Band music, swing music. a style of jazz, popular especially in the 1930s and often arranged for a large dance band, marked by a smoother beat and more flowing phrasing than Dixieland and having less complex harmonies and rhythms than modern jazz.
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- theme music — music played at the beginning and end of a programme or film