10-letter words containing s, h, a, m
- asthmatics — Plural form of asthmatic.
- athenaeums — Plural form of athenaeum.
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- autotheism — the doctrine of God's self-existence and subsistence
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blasphemer — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemes — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- brahmanism — the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism, characterized by diversified pantheism, the caste system, and the sacrifices and family ceremonies of Hindu tradition
- brahminism — Brahmanism
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- bushhammer — a hammer with small pyramids projecting from its working face, used for dressing stone
- bushmaster — a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- cache miss — (storage) A request to read from memory which cannot be satisfied from the cache, for which the main memory has to be consulted. Opposite: cache hit.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- carchemish — an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
- cash limit — a limit imposed as a method of curtailing overall expenditure without specifying the precise means of budgetary control
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- cash terms — the terms of a business transaction that is conducted in ready money
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- catechisms — Plural form of catechism.
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- chamomiles — Plural form of chamomile.
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- charismata — Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- chasmogamy — the production of flowers that open, so as to expose the reproductive organs and allow cross-pollination
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- checkmates — Plural form of checkmate.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chemostats — Plural form of chemostat.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chiasmatic — relating to the intersection of the optic nerve fibres at the bottom of the brain
- chicanismo — pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- chimaerism — the insertion of cells of a different genetic make-up into a fetus or embryo
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.