10-letter words containing s, t, r, o, m
- 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-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by short articles.
- short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sixth form — secondary school: final 2 years
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- 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)
- smart bomb — a steerable air-to-surface bomb that is guided to its target by television or a laser beam.
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smart wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- 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.
- smoothbore — (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- soft armor — quilted fabric used as armor.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- somatoform — characterized by symptoms suggesting a physical disorder but for which there are no demonstrable organic findings or known physiological mechanisms.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spirometer — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spirometry — an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- spot meter — an exposure meter that measures light reflected from only a small area of a subject or scene.
- st. moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- st.-jerome — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, NW of Montreal.
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steam room — a steam-filled and heated room to induce sweating, as in a Turkish bath.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- stereogram — a diagram or picture representing objects in a way to give the impression of solidity.
- stereotomy — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
- still room — (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
- stilliform — drop-shaped; globular.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- storm belt — an area of the earth's surface in which storms are frequent
- storm boat — assault boat.
- storm cell — an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.
- storm coat — an overcoat, usually of a water-repellent fabric, lined with material serving as insulation against very cold weather, often having a fur collar.
- storm cone — a canvas cone hoisted as a warning of high winds
- storm door — a supplementary outside door, usually glazed, for protecting the entrance door against drafts, driving rain, etc.
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stormfully — in a stormful manner
- stormproof — protected from or not affected by storms.