8-letter words containing s, i, e, m
- semicoma — a light coma from which a person can be roused.
- semideaf — partly deaf
- semidome — half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section, as over a semicircular apse.
- semigala — an event similar to a gala but on a lesser scale; an occasion that is festive but not to the degree of a gala
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- semihigh — moderately or fairly high
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- semillon — a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- semimatt — (of a surface) midway between matt and gloss
- semimild — somewhat mild; quite mild
- semimute — a person who is semi-mute
- semimute — a person who is semi-mute
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- seminate — disseminated; scattered; strewn
- seminole — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- seminoma — a malignant tumour of the testicle
- seminude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.
- semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- semiosis — an action or process involving the establishment of a relationship between a sign and its object and meaning
- semiotic — of or relating to signs.
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- semisoft — having a somewhat soft consistency or quality.
- semitics — a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- semitism — Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
- semitist — an authority on Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- semitone — a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- semiwild — not fully domesticated; partially tamed or cultivated; having some characteristics of the wild
- semiwild — not fully domesticated; partially tamed or cultivated; having some characteristics of the wild
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septimus — a male given name.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seriatim — in a series; one after another in regular order
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- sesamoid — shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- setiform — bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- setireme — the setose, oarlike leg of an aquatic insect.
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shemitic — a Semite.
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.
- shimmied — an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shireman — a sheriff
- shlemiel — an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.