9-letter words containing m, u, s, i
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- squeamish — fastidious or dainty.
- squiredom — the squirearchy.
- squirmier — characterized by squirming.
- squirming — to wriggle or writhe.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- strumitis — an inflammation of thyroid gland
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublimely — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
- sublimize — to make sublime
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- submissly — submissively
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submitter — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- 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.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- summarily — in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
- summarise — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summarist — a person who summarizes
- summarize — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summation — the act or process of summing.
- summative — additive.
- summering — the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
- summerise — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summerize — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summiteer — a participant in a summit meeting.
- summiting — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- 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).
- superfirm — a very large firm or corporation, often incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller firms
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- superpimp — a pimp who controls a very large number of prostitutes
- suquamish — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian people of Washington, near Puget Sound.
- sympodium — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- symposium — a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience.
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.