11-letter words containing u, n, a, s, m
- omega minus — an unstable negatively charged elementary particle, classified as a baryon, that has a mass 3273 times that of the electron
- omnifarious — of all forms, varieties, or kinds.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- outdoorsman — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outsmarting — Present participle of outsmart.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- santa maura — Italian name of Levkas.
- semi-annual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semidiurnal — pertaining to, consisting of, or accomplished in half a day.
- seminatural — partly natural and partly cultivated
- sense datum — Also called sensum. Psychology. the basic unit of an experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ; a stimulus or an object of perception or sensation.
- shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
- sign manual — a personal signature, especially that of a sovereign or official on a public document.
- simon magus — Simon (defs 5, 6).
- singularism — any philosophy that explains phenomena from a single principle
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- staminodium — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- stunt woman — a woman who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- subbasement — a basement or one of a series of basements below the main basement of a building.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subimaginal — of or relating to subimago
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submarginal — Biology. near the margin.
- submarining — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.