8-letter words containing s, i, e, m
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- shrimper — a shrimp fisherman.
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.
- sidesman — a man elected to help the parish church warden
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- similize — to liken or compare
- simoleon — a dollar.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- simples! — an expression used to suggest that something can be done or understood with no difficulty
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- slimline — slim in appearance.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smaltite — a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- smectite — montmorillonite.
- smellies — pleasant-smelling products such as perfumes, body lotions, bath salts, etc
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smileful — full of smiles
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- sodamide — sodium amide.
- sodomise — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomite — an inhabitant of Sodom.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- solimoes — Brazilian name of the Amazon from its junction with the Río Negro to the border of Peru.
- sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
- somewise — by some means; somehow.
- somniate — to dream
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- soredium — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- spermine — a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- squirmed — to wriggle or writhe.
- steaming — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- stemming — Skiing. the act or instance of a skier pushing the heel of one or both skis outward so that the heels are far apart, as in making certain turns or slowing down.
- sterigma — a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
- strimmer — A Strimmer is an electric tool used for cutting long grass or grass at the edge of a lawn. It cuts the grass with a piece of plastic cord which goes round very fast.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.