12-letter words containing o, s, k, e, m
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
- yukawa meson — a hypothetical elementary particle with finite rest mass, whose exchange between nucleons would account for the strong short-range forces between nucleons: subsequently identified as the pion.