12-letter words containing s, a, t, u, m
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- quota system — a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassurement — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
- sausage meat — minced and processed pork
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- square meter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. 2 , sq. m. Abbreviation: m.
- statute mile — mile (def 1).
- steatomatous — of or resembling a steatoma
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.