9-letter words containing m, e, s, u
- rumminess — the state or condition of being rummy
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- rust mite — any of various mites that cause brown or reddish patches on leaves and fruit.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- sarum use — the liturgy or modified form of the Roman rite used in Salisbury before the Reformation and revived in part by some English churches.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- schmutter — cloth or clothing
- scrummage — scrum (defs 1, 3).
- scummiest — consisting of or having scum.
- scutellum — Botany. the shieldlike cotyledon of certain monocots.
- sea mouse — any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.
- semi-nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semicured — partly cured or preserved
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semiplume — a semiplume feather
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- set scrum — the act or method of restarting play after an infringement, called by the referee, when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team
- sexualism — any discrimination based upon sexual preference
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- side drum — snare drum.
- simulacre — simulacrum.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slum area — an area of a city filled with slums
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smell out — dog: detect by sniffing
- smoke out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
- soul mate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- squamella — a small scale or bract in a plant
- squeamish — fastidious or dainty.
- squiredom — the squirearchy.
- squirmier — characterized by squirming.