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11-letter words containing s, h, a, m, o

  • mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
  • myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
  • nishinomiya — a city on S Honshu, in S Japan.
  • no mean sth — You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well.
  • north adams — a city in NW Massachusetts.
  • oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
  • offshoreman — a person who works offshore, especially on an offshore oil rig.
  • old-maidish — characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
  • ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
  • opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
  • phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
  • pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
  • polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
  • potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
  • prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
  • psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
  • psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
  • psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
  • ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
  • ramos-horta — José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader, political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister from independence in 2000 to 2006; president since 2007: Nobel prize 1996.
  • rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
  • rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
  • roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
  • sam hold of — to collect; gather up
  • sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
  • scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  • school meal — lunch served at educational institution
  • schoolma'am — schoolmarm.
  • schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
  • scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
  • scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
  • seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
  • serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
  • shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
  • siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
  • small hours — pre-dawn
  • smallholder — owner of small plot of land
  • smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
  • smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
  • smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
  • smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
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