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14-letter words containing m, i, s, n, a

  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • sensationalism — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
  • sentimentalism — sentimental tendency or character; predominance of sentiment over reason.
  • sentimentalist — one given to sentiment or sentimentality.
  • sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
  • sentimentalize — to indulge in sentiment.
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
  • ship's company — company (def 11).
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • simone martini — Simone [see-maw-ne] /siˈmɔ nɛ/ (Show IPA), 1283–1344, Italian painter.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • smart sanction — a sanction intended to affect only a particular area of a country's activities or economy
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
  • snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
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