10-letter words containing s, a, m, e, n
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- parmenides — flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- pentastome — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- plasmagene — a self-replicating genetic particle postulated to be in the cytoplasm of a cell, as in mitochondria.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- presswoman — a female reporter
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- quantasome — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- randomness — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- randomwise — in a random manner
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- ransomless — without ransom, not capable of being ransomed
- ransomware — malware planted illegally in a computer or mobile device that disables its operation or access to its data until the owner or operator pays to regain control or access.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- red salmon — sockeye salmon.
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- resemblant — having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed by to): two persons with resemblant features.
- retransmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- roberdsman — a robber
- roman nose — a nose having a prominent upper part or bridge.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- safety man — safety (def 6c).
- salamander — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- salmanaser — a large wine bottle containing 2.10 gallons
- salmonella — any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa, that may enter the digestive tract of humans and other mammals in contaminated food and cause abdominal pains and violent diarrhea.
- 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.
- same again — You say 'same again' when you want to order another drink of the same kind as the one you have just had.
- san german — a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- san manuel — a town in S Arizona.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sand smelt — variety of saltwater fish
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sapperment — a German oath