10-letter words containing m, l, i, s
- simplicial — relating to simplexes
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- simplicius — Saint, died a.d. 483, pope 468–483.
- simplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- simplistic — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
- simulacral — simulacrum.
- simulacrum — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
- simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- single man — an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.
- sinsemilla — marijuana from seedless female hemp plants that contain very high levels of THC.
- skimmingly — by way of skimming; superficially
- skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
- slactivism — the public proclaiming of one's political beliefs through activities that require little effort or commitment
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- slime mold — any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting bodies are produced bearing spores that are covered by cell walls.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- small pica — (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 11 point
- small-time — of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small-time politician.
- smashingly — impressive or wonderful: a smashing display.
- smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- smock mill — a windmill with sails and shaft carried by a cap rotating on an octagonal tower.
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snail mail — physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with email.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- snuff film — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solidarism — the social theory of the solidarity of interests
- somali cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, large ears, and a bushy tail
- somaliland — a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.
- somerville — Mary Fairfax Greig [greg] /grɛg/ (Show IPA), 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
- somniloquy — the act of talking in one's sleep
- soul music — a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality.
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- spiral arm — any of the elongated and curved spiral sections that are connected to the center of a spiral galaxy.
- split-time — a daylight-saving time based on a half-hour advance.
- st.-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- stalagmite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- stamp mill — a mill or machine in which ore is crushed to powder by means of heavy stamps or pestles.
- steel mill — a steelworks.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stibialism — antimony poisoning