7-letter words containing s, i, e, m
- samnite — an ancient country in central Italy.
- schemie — a resident of a housing scheme
- seamaid — a mermaid
- seaming — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sedarim — a plural of Seder.
- seeming — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- seismic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by an earthquake or vibration of the earth, whether due to natural or artificial causes.
- seismo- — earthquake
- selfism — an emphasis on self; a selfish concentration on one's own interests or a philosophy based on them
- semaise — a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- sematic — serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- semeion — a unit of meter or time in ancient poetry
- sememic — of or relating to sememes
- semidry — partially or nearly dry.
- semifit — not fully fit; partially in shape
- semifit — not fully fit; partially in shape
- semilog — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- seminal — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminar — a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- semiped — half a poetic foot; a half-measure in poetic metre
- semipro — semiprofessional
- semiraw — (of food) not fully cooked; (of materials) not fully processed; raw to some degree
- semitic — a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- sensism — the theory that all ideas spring from the senses
- septime — the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- seriema — either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- shemite — a Semite.
- shimmed — a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- shimmer — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- siamese — of or relating to Siam, its people, or their language.
- siameze — to fuse together
- 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.
- siemens — (Ernst) Werner von [ernst ver-nuh r fuh n] /ˈɛrnst ˈvɛr nər fən/ (Show IPA), 1816–92, German inventor and electrical engineer.
- sigmate — having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- simenon — Georges (Joseph Christian) [zhawrzh zhoh-zef krees-tyan] /ʒɔrʒ ʒoʊˈzɛf krisˈtyɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1903–1989, French writer of detective novels, born in Belgium.
- similes — a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”. Compare metaphor.
- simpler — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simplex — simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.
- sirenum — Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- sizeism — discrimination on the basis of a person's size, esp against people considered to be overweight
- skimmed — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- skimmer — a person or thing that skims.
- skimper — to scrimp.
- slimmer — a garment size meant for a thin person.
- smectic — noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- smicker — beautiful, pretty or handsome
- smicket — a woman's under-garment or smock
- smidgen — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smirked — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.