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10-letter words containing a, m, n, e, s, i

  • retransmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
  • ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
  • rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
  • saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
  • salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
  • same again — You say 'same again' when you want to order another drink of the same kind as the one you have just had.
  • san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
  • sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
  • scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
  • schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
  • seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
  • seamanship — knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.
  • sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
  • semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
  • semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
  • semi-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
  • semi-nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
  • semiannual — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
  • seminarian — a student in a theological seminary.
  • semination — a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.
  • senegambia — a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
  • sensualism — subjection to sensual appetites; sensuality.
  • serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • sessionman — a professional musician who does studio recording work but is not a member of an established performing group.
  • signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
  • single man — an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.
  • sinsemilla — marijuana from seedless female hemp plants that contain very high levels of THC.
  • slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
  • smaragdine — of or relating to emeralds.
  • smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
  • steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
  • streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  • streamling — a small stream
  • submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
  • submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
  • suleiman i — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • surinamese — a native or inhabitant of Suriname.
  • symmetrian — an advocate of symmetry
  • tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
  • thiaminase — an enzyme that destroys thiamine and is often found in raw fish
  • timesaving — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
  • tympanites — distention of the abdominal wall, as in peritonitis, caused by the accumulation of gas or air in the intestine or peritoneal cavity.
  • undismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
  • unidealism — the state of being unidealistic or tendency not to be idealistic
  • unmanifest — Psychoanalysis. of or relating to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.
  • unmissable — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • vanishment — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
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