10-letter words containing s, i, e, m
- geotropism — oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- germinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of germinate.
- gestaltism — Gestalt psychology
- gigglesome — having a tendency to giggle
- glamorised — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorise.
- glamorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glamorize.
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- gombeenism — the practice of usury
- gormandise — Alternative spelling of gourmandise.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- grumpiness — The state, or act, of being grumpy.
- guestimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- guillemets — Plural form of guillemet.
- guillemots — Plural form of guillemot.
- gumshoeing — Present participle of gumshoe.
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- haematosis — Alternative form of hematosis.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- haemolysis — Alternative spelling of hemolysis.
- half-smile — a smile that is uncertain or short-lived
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hard times — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmoniser — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonizer.
- harmonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonise.
- harmonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonize.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- hegemonies — Plural form of hegemony.
- hegemonism — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hegemonist — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- hemicycles — Plural form of hemicycle.
- hemisected — Simple past tense and past participle of hemisect.
- hemisphere — (often initial capital letter) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, especially one of the halves into which the earth is divided. Compare Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere.
- hemistichs — Plural form of hemistich.
- hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
- hemolysins — Plural form of hemolysin.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hemostasis — the stoppage of bleeding.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- henotheism — the worship of a particular god, as by a family or tribe, without disbelieving in the existence of others.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- hermitages — Plural form of hermitage.
- hermosillo — a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.