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

  • sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
  • scheme library — (library)   (SLIB) A portable Scheme library providing compatibiliy and utility functions for all standard Scheme implementations. Version 2c5 supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK, GAMBIT, MacScheme, MITScheme, PocketScheme, RScheme, Scheme->C, Scheme48, SCM, SCSH, T3.1, UMB-Scheme, and VSCM.
  • schleiermacher — Friedrich Ernst Daniel [free-drikh ernst dah-nee-el] /ˈfri drɪx ɛrnst ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1768–1834, German theologian and philosopher.
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • semi-classical — of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semi-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • semi-socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
  • semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
  • semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
  • semicommercial — of, relating to, or characterized by limited marketing of an experimental product
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
  • semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
  • semiologically — in a semiological manner; in a way that pertains to semiology
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • 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.
  • sesquipedalism — given to using long words.
  • settle a claim — If an insurer settles a claim it pays money to a policyholder for the occurrence of a loss or risk against which they were insured.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • simple measure — rhythm characterized by two or three beats or pulses to a measure.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • simplistically — characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
  • simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
  • 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
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