12-letter words containing s, i, a, m
- small circle — a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere. Compare great circle (def 1).
- small ermine — an unrelated micro, Yponomeuta padella
- small magpie — an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata
- small-minded — selfish, petty, or narrow-minded.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
- somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
- somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatostatin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the brain and pancreas, that inhibits secretion of somatotropin from the hypothalamus and inhibits insulin production by the pancreas.
- somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
- somatotropin — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spanish main — (formerly) the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, especially the area between the mouth of the Orinoco River and the Isthmus of Panama.
- spanish moss — an epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the southern U.S., having narrow, grayish leaves and growing in long festoons that drape the branches of trees.
- spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermaticide — spermicide.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- standpattism — belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- statute mile — mile (def 1).
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.