10-letter words containing s, c, a, m, i
- mystagogic — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mystically — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- narcissism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- neofascism — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nosocomial — (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- osmic acid — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
- pacificism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- priapismic — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- prosaicism — prosaic character or style.
- psittacism — mechanical, repetitive, and meaningless speech.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- rachmanism — extortion or exploitation by a landlord of tenants of dilapidated or slum property, esp when involving intimidation or use of racial fears to drive out sitting tenants whose rent is fixed at a low rate
- radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- sachemship — the office of a sachem
- salicylism — poisoning by aspirin
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- schematism — the particular form or disposition of a thing.
- schematist — a person who forms schemes; a schemer
- schematize — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schismatic — Also, schismatical. of, relating to, or of the nature of schism; guilty of schism.