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12-letter words containing s, i, a, m

  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
  • schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
  • schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
  • scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
  • scott domain — An algebraic, boundedly complete, complete partial order. Often simply called a domain.
  • scram switch — (jargon)   (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
  • secd machine — Stack Environment Control Dump machine
  • sectarianism — sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
  • sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
  • sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
  • segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
  • segmentation — division into segments.
  • seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • seismonastic — of or relating to seismonasty
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
  • semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
  • semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
  • semi-nomadic — of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
  • semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semi-trailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
  • semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
  • semicircular — Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
  • semicolonial — partly colonial
  • semicomatose — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • semidetached — partly detached.
  • semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
  • semidominant — producing an intermediate, heterozygous phenotype
  • semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • semiliterate — a person who is semiliterate.
  • semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
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