10-letter words containing n, e, t, m
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- sand smelt — variety of saltwater fish
- sapperment — a German oath
- sarmentose — having runners.
- scarcement — a footing or ledge formed by a setoff in a wall.
- scent-mark — to deposit a scent mark; mark.
- secondment — the transfer of a military officer or corporate executive to another post for temporary duty.
- securement — the act of securing.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- sedimented — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- seducement — an act of seducing
- segmentary — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segmentate — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segmenting — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- segmentise — to segmentalize.
- segmentize — to segmentalize.
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- semilucent — partially translucent
- semination — a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.
- seminudity — partial nudity; the state of being partly nude
- sentiments — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- septennium — a period or cycle of seven years
- sermonette — a brief sermon or homily: five-minute radio sermonettes.
- settlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smattering — slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- smithereen — to break into small fragments
- smoothness — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- snmp agent — (networking) A software process that responds to queries using the Simple Network Management Protocol to provide status and statistics about a network node.
- soft money — money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
- springtime — the season of spring.
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- stage name — entertainer's pseudonym
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- starmonger — an astrologer or fortune-teller
- steam iron — an electric iron with a water chamber, which emits steam onto the fabric or garment being ironed.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stone mint — dittany (def 2).