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12-letter words containing u, r, m, s

  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rous sarcoma — a malignant tumor occurring in the connective tissue of poultry, caused by a transmissible RNA-containing virus.
  • rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
  • rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
  • rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
  • rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
  • run commands — (operating system)   The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • rusty memory — (storage, humour)   Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
  • salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
  • salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
  • samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
  • samuel morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
  • schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
  • scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
  • scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
  • sea cucumber — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having a long, leathery body with tentacles around the anterior end.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semi-serious — having some seriousness; partly serious.
  • semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
  • semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
  • semivitreous — partially vitreous.
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • seymour cray — (person)   The founder of Cray Research and designer of several of their supercomputers. Cray has been a charismatic yet somewhat reclusive figure. He began Cray Research in Minnesota in 1972. In 1988, Cray moved his Cray-3 project to Colorado Springs. The next year, Cray Research spun it off to create Cray Computer. In 1989, Cray left Cray Research and started Cray Computer Corporation in Colorado Springs. His quest to build a faster computer using new-generation materials failed in 1995, and his bankruptcy cost half a billion dollars and more than 400 jobs. The company was unable to raise $20 million needed to finish the Cray-4 and filed for bankruptcy in March 1995. In the summer of 1996, Cray started a Colorado Springs-based company called SRC Computers, Inc. "We think we'll build computers, but who knows what kind or how," Cray said at the time. "We'll talk it over and see if we can come up with a plan." On 1996-09-22, aged 70, Cray broke his neck in a car accident. Surgery for massive head injuries and swelling of the brain leaving him in a critical and unstable condition.
  • 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
  • short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
  • sinus iridum — (Bay of Rainbows) a semicircular dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon.
  • sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slum-dweller — a person who lives in a slum.
  • slumber wear — nightclothes
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.
  • smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
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