9-letter words containing o, r, s, m
- rose comb — a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.
- rose moss — a portulaca, Portulaca grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy flowers.
- rosemarie — a female given name.
- rosemarys — a female given name.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- salesroom — a room in which goods are sold or displayed.
- salometer — salinometer.
- san ramon — a town in W California.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sarcomere — any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
- sarcosome — a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- scalogram — an attitude scale in which a positive answer to an item implies agreement with items appearing lower on the scale.
- schmoozer — to chat idly; gossip.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- screwworm — the larva of any of certain flies of the genus Callitroga, which sometimes infests wounds and the nose and navel of domestic animals and humans.
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- sedgemoor — a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
- semantron — a bar struck instead of a bell in an Orthodox church
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- septiform — sevenfold
- sermoneer — a preacher
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.
- shed room — a storage room.
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.