10-letter words containing s, e, m, i, o
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cockneyism — a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
- collimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collimate.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- come first — If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
- comeliness — pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
- comestible — food
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commissive — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- committees — Plural form of committee.
- communizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communize.
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- completist — a person with an obsessive interest in a subject
- composited — Simple past tense and past participle of composite.
- composites — Plural form of composite.
- compromise — A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- conacreism — the Irish system of letting farming land for a season or for eleven months
- concettism — the use of concetti in writing
- concretism — the practice of representing abstract concepts in concrete terms
- condiments — something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.
- cosmetical — relating to cosmetics
- cosmetized — to cosmeticize.
- cosmic web — a network of filaments of dark matter, believed by many astronomers to form the basis of the universe
- cosmogenic — (of an isotope) produced by cosmic rays
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- customised — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customized — modified according to a customer's individual requirements
- customizer — a person who customizes
- customizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize.
- damoiselle — a damsel
- demagogism — The practices and principles of a demagogue; a pandering to the multitude for selfish ends.
- demantoids — Plural form of demantoid.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demoiselle — a small crane, Anthropoides virgo, of central Asia, N Africa, and SE Europe, having grey plumage with long black breast feathers and white ear tufts
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.
- demonetise — To remove the status of legal tender from a coin etc. and remove it from circulation.
- demonising — Present participle of demonise.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- des moines — a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)