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12-letter words containing s, o, r, t, m

  • respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
  • rigor mortis — the stiffening of the body after death.
  • risorgimento — the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rotflmaoastc — (chat)   Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
  • rusty memory — (storage, humour)   Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
  • saint jerome — Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus) a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
  • saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
  • salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
  • salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
  • sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • sarcomatosis — the condition in which a sarcoma has become disseminated throughout the body.
  • satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
  • schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • scotch broom — the broom, Cytisus scoparius.
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • seismometric — of or relating to seismometry or a seismometer
  • 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.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • semivitreous — partially vitreous.
  • senarmontite — a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , occurring in pearl-colored isometric octahedrons: a dimorph of valentinite.
  • 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.
  • series motor — A series motor is a direct current motor that has two windings that are in series, with the same current flowing through each.
  • serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
  • short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • simhat torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23d day of Tishri, that marks the end of the annual cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of the next cycle
  • sitting room — a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.
  • sixth former — student: 16-18
  • sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
  • small stores — personal items, such as clothing, sold aboard ship or at a naval base
  • small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
  • smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
  • smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
  • smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
  • somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
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