9-letter words containing s, a, m, i
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosemarie — a female given name.
- sabbatism — sabbath observance
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- sack time — time spent sleeping.
- sacrarium — Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- sakishima — a group of islands in the S Ryukyu Islands, off Taiwan and belonging to Japan.
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samaritan — an inhabitant of Samaria.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- san dimas — a city in SW California.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- sarmatian — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- schematic — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- sciamachy — an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.
- sciomachy — sciamachy.
- sciomancy — divination with the help of ghosts
- scramming — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
- screaming — uttering screams.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- scrimshaw — a carved or engraved article, especially of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation.
- semainier — a chest of the 18th century having seven long drawers: originally meant to hold a week's supply of clothing.
- semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- semantide — a type of molecule found in all cells, which changes slowly over time
- semi arid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semi-arid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semi-coma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semi-matt — midway between matte and glossy, as certain paper or paint.
- semiangle — half of a particular angle
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.