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12-letter words containing s, i, e, m, r

  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
  • special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
  • spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • spermaticide — spermicide.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
  • spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
  • spermophytic — able to produce seed
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • sprechstimme — sprechgesang.
  • stabilimeter — stabilograph.
  • 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 boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-driven — powered by steam
  • steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
  • steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
  • stem reptile — any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
  • 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
  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stereoisomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting stereoisomerism.
  • stereometric — the measurement of volumes.
  • stigmasterol — a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
  • streamlining — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • street crime — Street crime refers to crime such as vandalism, car theft and mugging that are usually committed outdoors.
  • streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • stress-timed — having a rhythm in which stressed syllables tend to occur at regular intervals of time, regardless of the number of intervening unstressed syllables.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
  • stromatolite — a laminated calcareous fossil structure built by marine algae and having a rounded or columnar form.
  • struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
  • superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
  • supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
  • supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
  • superpremium — a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
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