7-letter words containing m, a, n, s
- mr scan — a medical examination performed with an MR scanner.
- mustang — a small, hardy horse of the American plains, descended from Spanish stock.
- mutants — Plural form of mutant.
- namaste — a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- napalms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of napalm.
- narcism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- nasmyth — James. 1808–90, British engineer; inventor of the steam hammer (1839)
- natsume — Soseki [saw-se-kee] /ˈsɔ sɛˌki/ (Show IPA), (Kinnosuke Natsume) 1867–1916, Japanese novelist.
- naziism — the principles or methods of the Nazis.
- nemesia — any plant of the southern African scrophulariaceous genus Nemesia: cultivated for their brightly coloured (often reddish) flowers
- nemunas — Lithuanian name of Neman.
- netmask — (networking) A 32-bit bit mask which shows how an Internet address is to be divided into network, subnet and host parts. The netmask has ones in the bit positions in the 32-bit address which are to be used for the network and subnet parts, and zeros for the host part. The mask should contain at least the standard network portion (as determined by the address's class), and the subnet field should be contiguous with the network portion. If a `+' (plus sign) is given for the netmask value, then the network number is looked up in the NIS netmasks.byaddr map (or in the /etc/netmasks) file if not running the NIS service.
- newsman — a person employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau; reporter.
- normals — Plural form of normal.
- normans — Plural form of norman.
- numbats — Plural form of numbat.
- oarsman — a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oarsmen — a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oddsman — a referee or arbitrator
- on-seam — inseam (def 3).
- onanism — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- osman i — 1259–1326, Turkish sultan; founder of the Ottoman Empire
- osmanli — an Ottoman.
- osmunda — any fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern.
- passman — (at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) a (male) student who passes without honours
- pianism — the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- plasmin — fibrinolysin.
- plasmon — the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
- postman — a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- psammon — the community of microscopic life forms living between grains of sand on shores
- ramsons — a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- rankism — discrimination against people on the grounds of rank
- ransome — Arthur. 1884–1967, English writer, best known for his books for children, including Swallows and Amazons (1930) and Great Northern? (1947)
- remains — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- rhamnus — a member of the Rhamnus genus of trees and shrubs known as buckthorn
- riesman — David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- romains — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- romanes — Romany; the language of the Gypsies
- romansh — a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland. Compare Ladin (def 2).
- romanus — died a.d. 897, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 897.
- sagaman — someone who recites sagas
- sakmann — Bert(old) [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German physiologist: Nobel prize 1991.
- salamon — a word used in taking oaths
- salmond — Alex(ander Elliot Anderson). born 1954, Scottish Nationalist politician; first minister of the Scottish Parliament (2007–2014)
- salmony — like salmon
- salomon — Haym [hahym] /haɪm/ (Show IPA), 1740?–85, American financier and patriot, born in Poland.
- samanid — a member of the rulers of Persia in the 9th and 10th centuries.
- samhain — a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
- samisen — a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
- samnite — an ancient country in central Italy.