11-letter words containing s, e, r, m, o
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-emission — the quality or state of being re-emitted; the re-emitting of something
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- readmission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- religionism — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
- remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
- remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remorseless — without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.
- resign-from — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- revisionism — advocacy or approval of revision.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- rose madder — a pigment derived from anthraquinone and hydrated oxide of aluminum, characterized chiefly by its reddish color and permanence: used in painting. Compare madder lake (def 2).
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rousseauism — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sample room — a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- saucer dome — a dome having the form of a segment of a sphere, with the center well below the springing line; a shallow dome, as in Roman or Byzantine architecture.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- sclerometer — any instrument for determining with precision the degree of hardness of a substance, especially a mineral, as by measuring the pressure necessary to pierce or scratch it.
- scoutmaster — the leader or officer in charge of a band of scouts.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- 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
- self-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- self-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.