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11-letter words containing o, u, e, m

  • rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
  • rousseauism — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
  • rubber room — Informal. a room padded with foam rubber for the confinement of a violent mentally ill person.
  • rue anemone — a small, North American plant, Anemonella thalictroides, of the buttercup family, having white or pinkish flowers.
  • rummage out — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
  • rumormonger — a person given to spreading rumors, often maliciously.
  • run-of-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
  • saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
  • scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  • scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
  • semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
  • semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
  • semiquinone — any of the class of free radicals formed as intermediates in the oxidation of a hydroquinone to a quinone.
  • semiserious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
  • sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
  • shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
  • shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • shuddersome — tending to shudder
  • 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)
  • slumbersome — tired; sleepy
  • smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
  • snuff-movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
  • sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
  • sojournment — the state of sojourning
  • somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
  • sound mixer — sb who records film sound
  • 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
  • south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
  • southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
  • sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
  • spotted gum — an Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus maculata
  • storm house — a storm cellar.
  • storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.
  • stramineous — of or resembling straw.
  • strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
  • sub-economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
  • subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
  • subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
  • submolecule — a part of a molecule
  • suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
  • suffer from — be ill with
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • summer-long — lasting all summer
  • summerhouse — a simple, often rustic structure in a park or garden, intended to provide shade in the summer.
  • superbomber — an aircraft used for dropping superbombs
  • superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
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