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10-letter words containing s, m, e, t

  • sheet home — to tighten the sheets of (a square sail) until it is set as flat as possible
  • sheetmetal — metal in sheets or thin plates.
  • shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
  • shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
  • short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
  • short ream — 480 sheets of paper
  • short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
  • short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
  • shot metal — lead hardened with antimony and arsenic, used to manufacture shot for cartridges.
  • shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
  • sidestream — (of cigarette smoke) inhaled by passive smokers
  • signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
  • similative — implying likeness
  • similitude — likeness; resemblance: a similitude of habits.
  • simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • skepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
  • sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
  • skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
  • slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • slot meter — a meter into which coins are inserted, in advance, to pay for electricity (as opposed to a meter that records the amount of electricity the customer has used, for which they are later billed, usually each quarter)
  • slump test — a test to determine the relative water content of concrete, depending on the loss in height (slump) of a sample obtained from a cone-shaped mould
  • small-time — of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small-time politician.
  • smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
  • smart alec — smart aleck.
  • smart arse — If you describe someone as a smart arse, you dislike the fact that they think they are very clever and like to show everyone this.
  • smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
  • smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
  • smart-alec — smart aleck.
  • smartasses — Also, smart-assed, smartassed. characteristic of a smart ass or wise guy.
  • smartdrive — (storage, product)   A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
  • smarten up — improve appearance
  • smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
  • smear test — pap smear: cervical cancer check
  • smithereen — to break into small fragments
  • smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
  • smoke tree — Also called American smoke tree, chittamwood. a tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, native to the southeastern U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
  • smoked out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • smokestack — Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
  • smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
  • smoothbore — (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.
  • smoothness — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
  • smoothpate — a bald person with a smooth head
  • smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
  • snakemouth — rose pogonia.
  • snmp agent — (networking)   A software process that responds to queries using the Simple Network Management Protocol to provide status and statistics about a network node.
  • sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
  • soft money — money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations.
  • solacement — a comfort or consolation
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