8-letter words containing s, e, n, i, m
- nimblest — Superlative form of nimble.
- nimbuses — Plural form of nimbus.
- nominees — Plural form of nominee.
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- numerics — The field of numerically-controlled engineering.
- oneirism — (rare) Dream-like experiences or qualities; dreaminess.
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- phrenism — one of the three vital forces, which are non-physical life forces. Phrenism is the thought force, as opposed to neurism, the nerve force, and bathmism, the growth force.
- pi meson — pion.
- primness — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- resuming — to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
- riminess — the state or quality of being rimy
- rimstone — a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- sediment — the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- 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.
- 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
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shireman — a sheriff
- 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.
- 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.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- somniate — to dream
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- spermine — a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.