11-letter words containing s, t, r, o, m
- stadiometer — an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc, by running a toothed wheel along them
- staktometer — an instrument for counting drops of liquid, consisting of a glass tube with a hollow bulb in it and one narrow end with a small opening
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- steam organ — calliope (def 1).
- steam radio — radio, seen as old-fashioned in comparison with television
- steamroller — a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
- steganogram — a coded message
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stereoimage — the single three-dimensional image perceived in the brain by the coordination of the two slightly different views seen by the eyes.
- stereometer — a device used to ascertain the specific gravity of liquid and porous bodies, powders, and solids
- stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
- stereotomic — the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions.
- stethometer — an instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest and abdomen during respiration.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- storm drain — rainwater drainage hole or gutter
- storm force — (on the Beaufort scale) force 10 0r 11
- storm glass — a sealed tube containing a solution supposed to change in appearance according to the weather
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- storm sewer — a sewer for carrying off rainfall drained from paved surfaces, roofs, etc.
- storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.
- storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- storm water — standing water produced after a heavy rainfall or snowfall
- stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strike home — to deliver an effective blow
- stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- supportment — the action of supporting
- surmounting — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
- tautomerism — the ability of certain organic compounds to react in isomeric structures that differ from each other in the position of a hydrogen atom and a double bond.
- temerarious — reckless; rash.
- tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- tetramerous — consisting of or divided into four parts.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
- thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
- toastmaster — a person who presides at a dinner and introduces the after-dinner speakers.