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13-letter words containing s, i, m, a, n

  • rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
  • ribosomal rna — a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. Abbreviation: rRNA.
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
  • romanticising — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
  • rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
  • royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • saint matthew — a tax collector of Capernaum called by Christ to be one of the 12 apostles (Matthew 9:9–13; 10:3). Feast day: Sept 21 or Nov 16
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
  • sales meeting — briefing of sales representatives
  • salmonellosis — food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella, characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sanitarianism — the study of sanitation
  • sanitationman — a sanitation worker.
  • sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
  • santo domingo — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
  • savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
  • scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • seafaring man — a sailor
  • sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
  • segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
  • self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
  • self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semi-darkness — partial darkness
  • semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
  • semi-nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
  • semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
  • semidominance — incomplete dominance.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semipermanent — not quite permanent.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • sendmail inc. — (company)   The company, announced in November 1997 and launched in March 1998, created by Eric Allman, the original author of Sendmail. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, Greg Olson is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to Internet Service Providers and corporations running critical e-mail applications, while still continuing freeware development. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. Address: Emeryville, California, USA.
  • senior airman — a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. Abbreviation: SrA.
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