11-letter words containing o, s, m, l
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salmon farm — an enclosed area of water devoted to the rearing of salmon for food
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
- sam hold of — to collect; gather up
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- san anselmo — a city in W California.
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- school meal — lunch served at educational institution
- school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
- school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
- schoolma'am — schoolmarm.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- sclerometer — any instrument for determining with precision the degree of hardness of a substance, especially a mineral, as by measuring the pressure necessary to pierce or scratch it.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- sealed move — the last move before an adjournment, which is written down by the player making it, sealed in an envelope, and kept secret from his opponent until play is resumed
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- self-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
- self-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semi-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
- silly money — an absurdly large or, less commonly, small amount of money
- simple pole — a pole of order 1 of a function of a complex variable.
- simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
- single room — hotel room for one person
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
- slow motion — cinema: slower than in reality
- slow-motion — of, pertaining to or made in slow motion: a slow-motion replay.
- slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.