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12-letter words containing o, s, m, l

  • samuel morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
  • saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
  • scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
  • schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
  • schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
  • seismologist — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
  • semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
  • semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
  • semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simon legree — Simon, Simon Legree.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple simon — a simpleton.
  • simplon pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in S Switzerland, between Brig (Switzerland) and Iselle (Italy). Height: 2009 m (6590 ft)
  • simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • single modal — modal (def 3).
  • sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
  • sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • small alison — a rare compact annual, Alyssum alyssoides, having small yellow flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • small stores — personal items, such as clothing, sold aboard ship or at a naval base
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
  • smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
  • 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.
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
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