11-letter words containing r, o, m, i
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- seismometer — a seismograph equipped for measuring the direction, intensity, and duration of earthquakes by measuring the actual movement of the ground.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
- semi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- semiserious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
- senior prom — a formal dance or gathering of high school students held at the end of the senior year
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- sex tourism — a vacation to a destination that has no restrictions on sexual services or activities, as prostitution.
- short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- showrooming — the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- simon peter — Peter (def 1).
- single room — hotel room for one person
- smoke-dried — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- solarimeter — an instrument for measuring solar radiation.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- soroptimist — a member of an international association of professional or executive businesswomen (Soroptimist Club) devoted primarily to welfare work.
- 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
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- 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.
- spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- 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.
- sporogonium — the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stereotomic — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.