11-letter words containing o, r, s, m
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- sonata form — a musical form comprising an exposition, in which the main theme or themes are stated, a development section, a recapitulation of the material in the exposition, and, usually, a coda.
- soroptimist — a member of an international association of professional or executive businesswomen (Soroptimist Club) devoted primarily to welfare work.
- 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.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- speedometer — an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour.
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- sperm donor — a man who supplies sperm to be used in an artificial fertilization process
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
- stactometer — stalagmometer.
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- staktometer — an instrument for counting drops of liquid, consisting of a glass tube with a hollow bulb in it and one narrow end with a small opening
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- steam organ — calliope (def 1).
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- steamroller — a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
- steganogram — a coded message
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stereometer — a device used to ascertain the specific gravity of liquid and porous bodies, powders, and solids
- stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
- stereotomic — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
- stethometer — an instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest and abdomen during respiration.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- storm force — (on the Beaufort scale) force 10 0r 11
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- storm sewer — a sewer for carrying off rainfall drained from paved surfaces, roofs, etc.