13-letter words containing s, t, r, o, m
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
- senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- short-commons — a scanty allowance of food.
- short-termism — If you accuse people of short-termism, you mean that they make decisions that produce benefits now or soon, rather than making better decisions that will produce benefits in the future.
- silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- sociodramatic — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- somersetshire — a county in SW England. 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatophore — a capsule surrounding a mass of spermatozoa, produced by the male of various animal species and transferred to the female.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- spermatorrhea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
- spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- staccato mark — (in music notation) a dot, wedge, or vertical stroke over or under a note to indicate that it should be played staccato.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- stalagmometer — an instrument for determining the number of drops, or the weight of each drop, in a given volume of liquid.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- starter motor — A starter motor is an electric motor for starting an engine.
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- stationmaster — a person in charge of a railroad station; station agent.
- stereo system — a system for recording, reproducing, or broadcasting sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
- sternforemost — Nautical. with the stern, foremost.
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.