11-letter words containing r, e, a, s, m
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scattergram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scrap metal — discarded metal
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- screen name — a unique sequence of characters that a person chooses to use for identification purposes when interacting with others online, as in computer games, instant messaging, or forums.
- sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- seamstressy — needlework
- search term — Computers. a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, Web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semi-mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- semiamateur — retaining amateur status but receiving prize money or support, as from a sponsor, to cover training expenses.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- semitrailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
- server farm — a collection of computer servers (usually in a business, organization, etc) used to accomplish tasks for which multiple machines are needed
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- sgml tagger — (tool) A tool to assist with adding SGML to a piece of text. The Tagger only lets the user insert a mark-up tag which is correct in that particular context.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- sharefarmer — a farmer who pays a fee to another in return for use of land to raise crops, etc
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smear-sheet — a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical specializing in gossip, scandal, malicious innuendo, etc.
- smell a rat — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- 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-eater — a firefighter.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.