10-letter words containing m, i, s, r, e
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- rosemaries — a female given name.
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- samarskite — a velvet-black mineral, a complex columbate-tantalate of uranium, cerium, etc., occurring in masses: a minor source of uranium, thorium, and rare-earth oxides.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scrimpness — sparingness
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- seismogram — a record made by a seismograph.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- semicircle — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- semicirque — an opening in the shape of a semicircle amongst trees or hills
- semidesert — an extremely dry area characterized by sparse vegetation.
- semidrying — not drying completely
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- semifreddo — a partially frozen Italian dessert similar to ice cream
- seminarian — a student in a theological seminary.
- semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
- semisacred — partly or somewhat sacred; sacred to a limited degree; having some characteristics of the sacred
- semisecret — partly but not fully secret
- semisphere — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- semiterete — terete on one side only; round on one side but flat on the other
- semiyearly — semiannual (def 1).
- separatism — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
- seriocomic — partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
- serve time — be in prison
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sestertium — a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
- shimmering — a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- sidestream — (of cigarette smoke) inhaled by passive smokers
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simmer dim — the night-long twilight found in the Northern Isles around midsummer
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- sir edmund — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.