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13-letter words containing c, i, s, m

  • recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
  • recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
  • reconsignment — a consigning again.
  • reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
  • saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sadomasochism — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
  • scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
  • schizomycosis — any disease due to schizomycetes.
  • scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
  • schoolmarmish — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • scimitar foot — any short leg or foot, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an arc tangent to the floor plane.
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
  • scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
  • second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • seismic array — a system of linked seismographs arranged in a regular geometric pattern to increase sensitivity to earthquake detection
  • seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • selenium cell — a photovoltaic cell consisting of a thin strip of selenium placed between two metal electrodes.
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • semi-abstract — pertaining to or designating a style of painting or sculpture in which the subject remains recognizable although the forms are highly stylized in a manner derived from abstract art.
  • semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
  • semi-comatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
  • semi-detached — partly detached.
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