11-letter words containing o, s, m, t
- filamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- film studio — a place where films are made
- first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
- fitzsimmons — James ("Sunny Jim") 1874–1966, U.S. racehorse trainer.
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- fool's mate — a checkmate achieved by Black's second move: the quickest possible mate
- foremastman — a sailor positioned before the foremast
- foremothers — Plural form of foremother.
- foretopmast — (nautical) The mast above the foretop.
- form master — a teacher or member of a school's staff designated as being in charge of a certain form
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formulators — Plural form of formulator.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- fort thomas — a city in N Kentucky.
- fortissimos — Plural form of fortissimo.
- forwardmost — all the way at the front; first.
- foster home — a household in which a child is raised by someone other than its natural or adoptive parent.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- full-custom — Design of integrated circuits at the transistor or polygon level. This is in contrast to the use of libraries of components. Full-custom design requires considerable skill and experience and is usually only feasible for simple circuits, especially ones with much repetition, such as memory device, where a small saving in the size and power consumption of a component will yield a large overall saving.
- furthermost — most distant: Their house is furthermost on the right.
- furthersome — tending to further or promote; helpful
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- gamotropism — the tendency of gametes to attract each other
- gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomer — A lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet.
- gastronomes — Plural form of gastronome.
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- gemmologist — the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
- gemologists — Plural form of gemologist.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geoisotherm — isogeotherm.
- ghost image — ghost (def 8).
- gliomatosis — excessive growth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal cord
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- gnathostome — (zoology) Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish.
- go to smash — to become smashed, broken, or ruined
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- gourmet sex — lovemaking that is particularly passionate, enjoyable, and imaginative
- governments — Plural form of government.