8-letter words containing m, i, s, a, r
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seriatim — in a series; one after another in regular order
- shamshir — a curved Persian saber having one edge on the convex side.
- shireman — a sheriff
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- sim card — Subscriber Identity/Identification Module: a removable card inside a cell phone that stores data unique to the user, as an identification number, passwords, phone numbers, and messages.
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- sitzmark — a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
- skiagram — a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow.
- smarmily — excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter in the brain which controls movement and balance
- sudarium — (in ancient Rome) a cloth, usually of linen, for wiping the face; handkerchief.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- swimwear — clothing designed to be worn for swimming or at a beach.
- swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
- tamarisk — any Old World tropical plant of the genus Tamarix, especially T. gallica, an ornamental Mediterranean shrub or small tree having slender, feathery branches.
- tantrism — (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
- transmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- trialism — the belief that man consists of body, soul, and spirit
- tristram — one of the knights of the Round Table, whose love for Iseult, wife of King Mark, is the subject of many romances.
- ultraism — extremism.
- urbanism — the way of life of people who live in a large city.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vasiform — having the form of a duct or tube.