13-letter words containing s, i, m, a, n
- senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
- sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- sierra morena — a mountain range in SW Spain, between the Guadiana and Guadalquivir Rivers. Highest peak: Estrella, 1299 m (4262 ft)
- silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- simware, inc. — (company) The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- skin magazine — a magazine containing pornographic images
- slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- social column — a column in a newspaper or magazine that details the activities of members of fashionable society
- social gaming — the playing of online games on social media websites.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solifidianism — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- specific name — the second part in the name of a species, such as norvegicus in Rattus norvegicus
- specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.