8-letter words containing s, i, e, m
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- summited — the highest point or part, as of a hill, a line of travel, or any object; top; apex.
- suriname — 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.
- surmises — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- swimmers — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- swimwear — clothing designed to be worn for swimming or at a beach.
- sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- symbiote — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- systemic — of or relating to a system.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tameside — a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.
- termwise — term by term: The series can be integrated termwise. Two series are added termwise.
- the smit — an infection
- tidesman — a Customs official at a port
- tigerism — an arrogant and showy manner
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- time was — there was a time
- timeless — without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting.
- timepass — a way of passing the time
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- timorese — of or relating to Timor.
- tiresome — causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome: a tiresome job.
- titmouse — any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
- toilsome — characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- tokenism — the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority.
- totemism — the practice of having totems.
- totemist — a member of a clan, family, or group distinguished by a totem.
- trisemic — relating to a triseme
- twigsome — covered with twigs
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- unmissed — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- veganism — a vegetarian who omits all animal products from the diet.
- wailsome — wailful.
- wegotism — (colloquial, dated) Excessive use of the pronoun 'we'.
- weismann — August [ou-goo st] /ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1834–1914, German biologist.
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- whimpers — Plural form of whimper.
- whimsies — Plural form of whimsy.
- wimpiest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wisedome — Obsolete spelling of wisdom.
- womanise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanize.
- yosemite — a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.
- yummiest — Superlative form of yummy.