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9-letter words containing s, o, e, m

  • rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
  • rousement — a stirring up of religious excitement
  • sachemdom — the office of a sachem
  • safe mode — (operating system)   An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
  • salesroom — a room in which goods are sold or displayed.
  • salometer — salinometer.
  • salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
  • samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
  • samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
  • san mateo — a city in W California.
  • sarcomere — any of the segments of myofibril in striated muscle fibers.
  • sarcosome — a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
  • sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
  • schmooses — to chat idly; gossip.
  • schmoozer — to chat idly; gossip.
  • screwworm — the larva of any of certain flies of the genus Callitroga, which sometimes infests wounds and the nose and navel of domestic animals and humans.
  • sea mouse — any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.
  • sea smoke — fog caused by cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, the vapor condensing in small convective columns near the water surface and giving the appearance of smoke or steam.
  • sedgemoor — a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
  • semantron — a bar struck instead of a bell in an Orthodox church
  • semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • semeiotic — semiotic.
  • semi-coma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
  • semicolon — the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
  • semidomed — having a semidome
  • semiglobe — a half globe; a hemisphere
  • semigloss — (of paint or a painted surface) having a moderate, satiny luster; having or producing a sheen that is neither flat nor highly glossy.
  • semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
  • semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
  • semimoist — slightly wet; somewhat moist
  • seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
  • seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
  • semiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
  • semiotics — semiotics.
  • semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
  • semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
  • semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
  • semisolid — having a somewhat firm consistency; more or less solid.
  • semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
  • semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
  • semivowel — Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
  • semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
  • sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
  • septiform — sevenfold
  • septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
  • sermoneer — a preacher
  • sermoning — the preaching of sermons
  • sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
  • sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
  • serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.
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