8-letter words containing a, m, l
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- ruralism — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- sacellum — a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
- saeculum — an age in astronomy
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- salaamed — a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
- saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- salesman — a man who sells goods, services, etc.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- sam hill — hell (used especially in WH-questions as a mild oath expressing exasperation and usually preceded by in or the): Who in Sam Hill are you?
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- sclerema — sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scolioma — an abnormal curving of the spine
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- sea mile — nautical mile.
- sea palm — a kelp, Postelsia palmaeformis, of the Pacific coast of North America, that resembles a miniature palm tree.
- seamless — having no seams: seamless stockings.
- seamlike — like or resembling a seam
- selamlik — the portion of a Turkish palace or house reserved for men.
- selfsame — being the very same; identical.
- semblant — semblance
- semibald — partly bald
- semigala — an event similar to a gala but on a lesser scale; an occasion that is festive but not to the degree of a gala
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambles — a shambling gait.
- shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- she-male — a male-to-female transsexual
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- silliman — Benjamin, 1779–1864, U.S. scientist and educator.
- simula i — (language) SIMUlation LAnguage. An extension to ALGOL 60 for the Univac 1107 designed in 1962 by Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl and implemented in 1964. SIMULA I was designed for discrete simulation. It introduced the record class, leading the way to data abstraction and object-oriented programming languages like Smalltalk. It also featured coroutines. SIMULA's philosophy was the result of addressing the problems of describing complex systems for the purpose of simulating them. This philosophy proved to be applicable for describing complex systems generally (not just for simulation) and so SIMULA is a general-purpose object-oriented application programming language which also has very good discrete event simulation capability. Virtually all OOP products are derived in some manner from SIMULA. For a description of the evolution of SIMULA and therefore the fundamental concepts of OOP, see Dahl and Nygaard in ["History of Programming Languages". Ed. R. W. Wexelblat. Addison-Wesley, 1981].
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slalomer — a person who slaloms
- slamming — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- slot man — copyeditor (def 3).
- small ad — The small ads in a newspaper are short advertisements in which you can advertise something such as an object for sale or a room to let.
- smallage — the celery, Apium graveolens, especially in its wild state.