8-letter words containing s, e, m, n
- seawoman — a woman sailor or a woman who works on a ship or in the navy
- secundum — according to
- sediment — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- seedsman — a sower of seed.
- selenium — a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- semblant — semblance
- semillon — a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- seminate — disseminated; scattered; strewn
- seminole — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- seminoma — a malignant tumour of the testicle
- seminude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- semitone — a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- set menu — a complete meal in a restaurant or café for a stated price with a limited number of options to choose from for each course; it is usually cheaper than ordering dishes individually from the à la carte menu
- shame on — shame should be felt by; this is shameful of
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- sidesman — a man elected to help the parish church warden
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- simoleon — a dollar.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- slimline — slim in appearance.
- smallens — Alexander, 1889–1972, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Russia.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smolensk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the upper Dnieper, SW of Moscow: Russians defeated by Napoleon 1812.
- smoothen — to make or become smooth
- smugness — contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
- smyrnean — of or relating to Smyrna, Turkey.
- snowdome — a leisure centre with facilities for skiing, skating, etc
- snowmelt — water from snow that is melting or has melted.
- solemnly — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- somewhen — sometime.