11-letter words containing o, r, s, m
- serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
- sex hormone — any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics.
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shed dormer — a dormer with a flat roof sloping in the same direction as the roof from which the dormer projects.
- short metre — a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- shower room — a room which contains a shower
- showrooming — the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor
- shuddersome — tending to shudder
- shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- single room — hotel room for one person
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- small hours — pre-dawn
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smock frock — a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Compare blouse (def 3).
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- smoke-dried — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
- smoke-eater — a firefighter.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- smooth over — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smorgasbord — a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
- sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- sojournment — the state of sojourning
- solar month — month (def 4).
- solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- solar-storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- somersworth — a town in SE New Hampshire.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking