13-letter words containing o, n, s, m, e
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
- second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
- self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semi-nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semiconscious — half-conscious; not fully conscious.
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- senior airman — a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. Abbreviation: SrA.
- senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
- senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- set in motion — prompt, cause to begin
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- sierra morena — a mountain range in SW Spain, between the Guadiana and Guadalquivir Rivers. Highest peak: Estrella, 1299 m (4262 ft)
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
- smokelessness — the state or quality of producing or having no smoke
- smooth-shaven — having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.
- smooth-spoken — speaking or spoken easily and softly.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- socioeconomic — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and economic factors: socioeconomic study; socioeconomic status.
- solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- somniloquence — sleep-talking
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa