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13-letter words containing s, y, m, o

  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
  • spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
  • specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
  • spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
  • spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
  • stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
  • static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
  • status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
  • 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
  • stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
  • stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
  • stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
  • 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.
  • storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
  • stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • summer savory — See under savory2 .
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
  • symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
  • symbolic link — (file format)   (SYLK) A Microsoft file format for spreadsheets, (not to be confused with symbolic link). SYLK format existed in one form or another in as early as 1987, and was part of Excel v1.0. It is is an outgrowth of VisiCalc DIF file format. SYLK format is ascii text and represents information about both formula, value, and some formatting information, which makes it something like an RTF for spreadsheets. It is used as a general tabular data exchange format.
  • symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • symphysiotomy — a surgical procedure to facilitate labour
  • sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • syndesmectomy — excision of part of a ligament.
  • synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
  • systemization — systematize.
  • t-stop system — a system of stops calibrated by T numbers.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • thomas tallys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
  • time is money — don't waste time
  • timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
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