9-letter words containing o, r, s, m
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- sword arm — the arm in which your sword is normally held
- swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- terrorism — the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
- thermoset — a material, esp a synthetic plastic or resin, that hardens permanently after one application of heat and pressure
- threesome — consisting of three; threefold.
- thrombose — to become or affect with a thrombus
- timisoara — a city in W Romania.
- timor sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.
- timorsome — timorous; timid
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- tremorous — involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- tricksome — tricksy (def 1).
- trigamous — of or relating to trigamy or a trigamist.
- trimerous — Botany. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.
- trisodium — pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- trisomics — the study of trisomy
- tutiorism — (in Roman Catholic moral theology) the doctrine that in cases of moral doubt it is best to follow the safer course or that in agreement with the law
- undermost — being the furthest under; lowest
- uniramous — Biology. having one branch.
- unmortise — to unfasten or separate (something mortised).
- uppermost — highest in place, order, rank, power, etc.: the uppermost peaks of the mountain; the uppermost class of society.
- uttermost — most remote or outermost; farthest: the uttermost stars.
- vasomotor — regulating the diameter of blood vessels, as certain nerves.
- verissimo — Érico Lopes [e-ri-koo law-puh s] /ˈɛ rɪ kʊ ˈlɔ pəs/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, Brazilian novelist.
- verminous — of the nature of or resembling vermin.
- versiform — changing in form
- vis major — force majeure.
- vorticism — a short-lived avant-garde British art movement that was nurtured by Wyndham Lewis, derived from futurism and cubism, and reached its climax in an exhibition in London in 1915, dwindling in influence after World War I.
- vortumnus — Vertumnus
- voyeurism — the practice of obtaining sexual gratification by looking at sexual objects or acts, especially secretively.
- wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.
- wardrooms — Plural form of wardroom.
- warerooms — Plural form of wareroom.
- warm spot — Physiology. a sensory area in the skin that responds to an increase in temperature.
- warmouths — Plural form of warmouth.