10-letter words containing e, m, s, i
- resignment — the act of resigning; resignation
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- retransmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- retreatism — the rejection of culturally prescribed goals and the conventional means for attaining them.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revivalism — the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rhomboides — a rhomboid
- 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.
- rosemaries — a female given name.
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- sagami sea — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the SE coast of Honshu, Japan.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sallie mae — a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbreviation: SLMA.
- 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.
- samarskite — a velvet-black mineral, a complex columbate-tantalate of uranium, cerium, etc., occurring in masses: a minor source of uranium, thorium, and rare-earth oxides.
- 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.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
- schematism — the particular form or disposition of a thing.
- schematist — a person who forms schemes; a schemer
- schematize — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scrimpness — sparingness
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- 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.
- seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- sedimented — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- seemliness — fitting or becoming with respect to propriety or good taste; decent; decorous: Your outburst of rage was hardly seemly.
- segmenting — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segmentise — to segmentalize.
- segmentize — to segmentalize.
- seismicity — the frequency, intensity, and distribution of earthquakes in a given area.
- seismogram — a record made by a seismograph.
- seismology — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.