10-letter words containing s, e, m, i, c
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sicklemias — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- simple arc — a curve that does not cross itself and has no points missing; a curve that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the closed interval from 0 to 1.
- skepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- sonic mine — an underwater naval explosive which is activated using sound. Also called an acoustic mine.
- space-time — Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
- specialism — devotion or restriction to a particular pursuit, branch of study, etc.
- speciesism — discrimination in favor of one species, usually the human species, over another, especially in the exploitation or mistreatment of animals by humans.
- spermaceti — a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- spermicide — a sperm-killing agent, especially a commercial birth-control preparation, usually a cream or jelly.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- systematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- technicism — a technical term or phrase
- telematics — the branch of science concerned with the use of technological devices to transmit information over long distances
- telesmatic — relating to a telesm
- tetrasemic — equal to four short syllables
- the comics — the comic strips in newspapers, etc
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- time slice — the period of time for which a process is allowed to run uninterrupted in a pre-emptive multitasking operating system
- tom cruise — Tom (Thomas Cruise Mapother, 4th) born 1962, U.S. film actor.
- trumscheit — trumpet marine.
- undomestic — not domestic; not skilled in domestic tasks or housework
- unsmirched — to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- vicomtesse — the wife or widow of a vicomte; a French viscountess.
- victimised — to make a victim of.
- victimless — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
- viscometer — a device for measuring viscosity.
- viscometry — a device for measuring viscosity.
- war crimes — Usually, war crimes. crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.
- windchimes — Plural form of windchime.