12-letter words containing s, o, n, m
- saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saltationism — any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather than by the gradual accumulation of small changes.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- santa monica — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles, on Santa Monica Bay: resort.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- satin-smooth — pleasantly soft and smooth, like satin
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
- secessionism — a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- section mark — section (def 16).
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- segmentation — division into segments.
- seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
- self-command — self-control.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semideponent — (of a Latin verb) active in meaning but passive in form in the perfect tense
- semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semimonastic — somewhat monastic; monastic in certain respects
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
- sensationism — a theory of psychology maintaining that experience consists solely of sensations.
- sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
- sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
- sensorimotor — Psychology. of or relating to motor activity caused by sensory stimuli. Compare ideomotor.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shame on you — expressing disapproval