10-letter words containing o, s, m, l, e
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- pre-models — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- ransomless — without ransom, not capable of being ransomed
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- saddleroom — a room for storing saddlery
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- salmonella — any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa, that may enter the digestive tract of humans and other mammals in contaminated food and cause abdominal pains and violent diarrhea.
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- sarcolemma — the membranous sheath of a muscle fiber.
- scale moss — any thalloid liverwort.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- scleroderm — a fish of the sclerodermi tribe
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- seismology — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- seldomness — rareness
- semeiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semi-colon — A semi-colon is the punctuation mark ; which is used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence or list or to indicate a pause.
- semi-solid — having a somewhat firm consistency; more or less solid.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- semidouble — having more petals than those of a single flower but fewer than those of a double flower.
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- semiologic — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
- serrasalmo — a member of the Serrasalmo genus of piranha fish, native to South America
- sesame oil — a yellow oil expressed from the seeds of the sesame, used in cooking, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics.
- sex symbol — a celebrity who is held to possess abundant sex appeal.
- shot metal — lead hardened with antimony and arsenic, used to manufacture shot for cartridges.
- shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- slime mold — any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting bodies are produced bearing spores that are covered by cell walls.
- slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- small-bore — of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.