9-letter words containing m, i, p
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semiplume — a semiplume feather
- 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.
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- septiform — sevenfold
- septimana — a week.
- septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
- siem reap — a city in NW Cambodia, near Angkor.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- simpering — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- simplesse — simpleness
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- simpliste — someone who tends to over-simplify
- simscript — A free-form, English-like general-purpose simulation language produced by Harry Markowitz et al of Rand Corp in 1963. It was implemented as a Fortran preprocessor on IBM 7090 and was designed for large discrete simulations. It influenced Simula. Later versions included SIMSCRIPT I.5 and SIMSCRIPT II.5.
- skip-bomb — to attack (a target) by skip bombing.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- slip stem — a spoon handle cut obliquely at the end from top to bottom.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- solipsism — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spasmatic — given to spasms
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spermaria — spermaries
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spinozism — the philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritism — the doctrine or practices of spiritualism.
- spirogram — a record made by a spirograph
- splittism — the advocating of separation from a larger body
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- steampipe — a pipe for conveying steam from a boiler.
- steamship — a large commercial vessel, especially one driven by steam.
- stop time — a passage where the beat stops temporarily
- storm pit — a storm cellar.
- strip map — a map charting only the immediate territory to be traversed, which appears as a long, narrow strip.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- sumpsimus — adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form (opposed to mumpsimus).