9-letter words containing s, a, m, i
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submittal — 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
- 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.
- suquamish — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian people of Washington, near Puget Sound.
- swampfish — a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.
- swim mask — mask (def 3).
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- syllabism — the use of syllabic characters, as in writing.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- sympatico — simpatico
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- tagmemics — a school of linguistics deriving from American structuralism based on the work of Kenneth Lee Pike and using the tagmeme as the basic unit of grammatical analysis.
- talmudist — a person versed in the Talmud.
- tantalism — a form of punishment similar to or as severe as that suffered by Tantalus
- tarantism — a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula.
- tasimeter — a device for measuring small temperature changes. It depends on the changes of pressure resulting from expanding or contracting solids
- tasmanian — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- thanatism — the belief that the soul ceases to exist when the body dies
- the amish — the Amish people
- the mains — the main distribution network for water, gas, or electricity
- thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
- thomasina — a female given name.
- time span — duration, period
- timesaver — (of methods, devices, etc.) reducing the time spent or required to do something.
- timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
- timespans — a span of time; time frame.
- timisoara — a city in W Romania.
- timor sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.
- toamasina — a port in E Madagascar, on the Indian Ocean: the country's chief commercial centre. Pop: 198 000 (2005 est)
- tokushima — a seaport on NE Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- tommasini — Vicenzo [vee-chen-dzaw] /viˈtʃɛn dzɔ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1950, Italian composer.
- trailsman — a person who follows a trail.
- tramlines — streetcar track
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- tribadism — lesbianism.
- tribalism — the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- tribesman — a member of a tribe.
- trigamist — a person who has three spouses at once