13-letter words containing s, o, m, e
- board measure — a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
- bottomset bed — fine sediment deposited at the front of a growing delta
- brewer's mole — hairy-tailed mole.
- bromo-seltzer — a compound containing a bromide, sodium bicarbonate, etc., used for relief from headaches and upset stomachs, and as a sedative
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
- caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
- caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
- camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
- camphoraceous — similar to camphor
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- cellulose-gum — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- checkerblooms — Plural form of checkerbloom.
- cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chinese money — funny money (def 3).
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chromospheres — Plural form of chromosphere.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- cleomenes iii — died 219? b.c.; king of Sparta (235?-220? b.c.); sought to institute sweeping social reforms
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close to home — affecting sb personally