11-letter words containing o, s, m, l
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
- small goods — meats bought from a delicatessen, such as sausages
- small hours — pre-dawn
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smell blood — sense a chance for victory
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- smoke shelf — a ledge at the bottom of a smoke chamber, so made as to deflect or break downdrafts from the chimney.
- smokelessly — in a smokeless manner, without smoke
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- sociologism — an explanation, expression, concept, etc., characteristic of sociology, especially when lacking reference to other disciplines concerned with human development.
- sock cymbal — high-hat
- sodomitical — anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
- solar month — month (def 4).
- solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- solar-storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- solemn mass — High Mass.
- solemn vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken as a perpetual and more solemn commitment
- solid model — A solid model is a representation of a solid (= not liquid or gas) object produced by a computer and used in simulation.
- solmization — the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- solomon sea — a part of the Coral Sea, in the W South Pacific Ocean, between Papua New Guinea on the W and N and the Solomon Islands on the E. 280,000 sq. mi. (720,000 sq. km).
- somatically — of the body; bodily; physical.
- somatoplasm — the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.
- some little — rather extensive; fairly full
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- sooty mould — a fungal plant disease characterized by a blackish growth covering the surface of leaves, fruits, etc
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spokesmodel — an attractive or otherwise appealing person who is hired to speak on behalf of a company or product, as in a commercial.
- st.-emilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- statcoulomb — the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.
- steamroller — a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- stomatology — the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air