7-letter words containing s, i, a, m
- sidearm — with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground: to pitch sidearm.
- sideman — an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- sigmate — having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- simatic — an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- similar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
- simitar — a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- simular — a person or thing that simulates; pretender.
- sivaism — the cult of Siva
- skimmia — any Asian evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Skimmia, of the rue family, having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of small, white flowers, and a red, berrylike fruit, grown as an ornamental.
- slavism — something that is native to, characteristic of, or associated with the Slavs or Slavic.
- soliman — Suleiman I.
- somalia — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- somatic — of the body; bodily; physical.
- somital — any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- somnial — relating to dreams
- spammie — a lovebite
- spasmic — convulsive
- stadium — a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
- stamina — a plural of stamen.
- stamitz — Carl Philipp, 1745–1801, German composer and violinist (son of Johann).
- stasima — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- statism — the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- steamie — a public wash house
- stigmal — (of a vein) extending from the marginal vein on an insect's wing
- suimate — self-mate.
- sumgait — a city in SE Azerbaijan, on the Caspian Sea.
- suramin — a drug used to treat trypanosomiasis
- surinam — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- swamies — an honorific title given to a Hindu religious teacher.
- tachism — action painting (def 1).
- tamasic — See under guna.
- tsarism — dictatorship; despotic or autocratic government.
- tsunami — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tzarism — dictatorship; despotic or autocratic government.
- vampish — the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
- wampish — to wave about or flop to and fro.
- warmish — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- warmist — Also called global warmist. a person who accepts global warming as a reality (a term used by people who reject the concept).
- wigwams — Plural form of wigwam.
- wiseman — Nicholas Patrick Stephen, 1802–65, Irish cardinal and author, born in Spain.
- yahwism — the worship of Yahweh or the religious system based on such worship.
- zanyism — (archaic) clownishness; buffoonery.