12-letter words containing s, e, a, m, n
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- stage-manage — to work as a stage manager for: When he wasn't acting, he stage-managed a repertory theater.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- steam engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- steam-engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stone marten — a marten, Mustela foina, of Europe and Asia, having a white mark on the throat and breast.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- supplemental — supplementary.
- supramundane — transcending the world
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
- swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- tamelessness — the character or state of being tameless
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- thiosinamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter-tasting powder, C 4 H 8 N 2 S, occurring in mustard oil: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transaminase — any of a class of enzymes, occurring in most plant and animal tissue, that cause transamination.
- transelement — to change the elements of; transmute.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.