10-letter words containing s, a, m, o
- st. thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- stag movie — a pornographic film intended primarily for male audiences.
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam coal — coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steam room — a steam-filled and heated room to induce sweating, as in a Turkish bath.
- stemmatous — of or relating to a stemma
- stereogram — a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- stigmatose — relating to or resembling a stigma
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- stomachous — resentful, sullen, obstinate
- stomatitis — inflammation of the mouth.
- stomatopod — any crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, having a carapace that does not cover the posterior thorax and a broad abdomen bearing gills on the appendages.
- stomodaeum — stomodeum.
- stonemason — a person who builds with or dresses stone.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- storm boat — assault boat.
- storm coat — an overcoat, usually of a water-repellent fabric, lined with material serving as insulation against very cold weather, often having a fur collar.
- strabotomy — the operation of cutting one or more of the muscles of the eye to correct strabismus.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- stratiform — Geology. occurring as a bed or beds; arranged in strata.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
- strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- stuntwoman — A stuntwoman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a movie instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- submucosal — of or relating to the submucosa
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- surnominal — relating to surnames
- surrogatum — a substitute
- swamp boat — Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- swampscott — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- symbolical — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- symposiast — a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
- szymborska — Wislawa [vis-lah-vah] /vɪsˈlɑ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel prize 1996.
- tammerfors — Swedish name of Tampere.
- tanglesome — tangled
- taseometer — an instrument for measuring stresses within structures