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9-letter words containing s, a, m, n

  • new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
  • newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
  • newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
  • newswoman — a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.
  • nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
  • no claims — A no claims discount or bonus is a reduction in the money that you have to pay for an insurance policy, which you get when you have not made any claims in the previous year.
  • nominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate.
  • noncampus — not located on a campus of a university, corporation, or any other business or organization
  • nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
  • normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
  • novaesium — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia west of Düsseldorf: founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century ad. Pop: 152 050 (2003 est)
  • novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
  • numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
  • nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
  • nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
  • nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
  • oarswoman — A female rower, especially as a member of a racing team.
  • oarswomen — Plural form of oarswoman.
  • ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
  • on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
  • on-campus — on the area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college
  • on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
  • oncostman — a miner who is paid daily
  • onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
  • opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
  • orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
  • organisms — Plural form of organism.
  • orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
  • ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
  • oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
  • pancosmic — of every cosmos
  • panderism — the work of a pander
  • panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
  • panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
  • pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
  • parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
  • passament — passement.
  • passement — a garment trimming of gold, silver, linen, or silk thread.
  • paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
  • pedantism — pedantry.
  • pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
  • pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
  • phantasma — phantasm (defs 1, 2).
  • phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
  • phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
  • plainsman — an inhabitant of the plains.
  • plantsman — a nurseryman.
  • platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
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