12-letter words containing t, r, i, e, m
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
- semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- semiparasite — hemiparasite
- 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.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- 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.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- silent alarm — an alarm that alerts security personnel or the police without the knowledge of the intruder or criminal whose presence triggers it: The silent alarm set off a flashing light at the police station.
- similarities — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple meter — any time signature in which the upper figure indicates two, three, or four beats per measure, as 2/8, 3/2, 4/4, etc.
- sint maarten — St. Martin.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- somers point — a town in SE New Jersey.
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- sprechstimme — sprechgesang.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- steering arm — the part of a vehicle's chassis that directs the input from the steering box
- steinamanger — German name of Szombathely.
- stem reptile — any member of the extinct order Cotylosauria, comprising heavy-bodied, splay-limbed, plant-eating reptiles that arose during the Carboniferous Period and that are considered to include the ancestors of all other reptiles.
- stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stereoisomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting stereoisomerism.
- stereometric — the measurement of volumes.