8-letter words containing s, i, m, a, n
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- nabobism — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- naderism — the philosophy and beliefs of consumerism and environmentalism preached by Ralph Nader
- naismith — James, 1861–1939, U.S. physical-education teacher and originator of basketball, born in Canada.
- nasalism — the tendency to pronounce sounds nasally
- natalism — Pronatalism; an ideology in favour of childbearing.
- nativism — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- naturism — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- navalism — the promotion of naval interests
- 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.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- panislam — all of Islam or the Muslim world
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- saintism — the practices and principles of the Puritans
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- samnitis — a poisonous plant
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- satanism — the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
- saxonism — an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin.
- scamming — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scamping — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scandium — a rare, trivalent, metallic element obtained from thortveitite. Symbol: Sc; atomic weight: 44.956; atomic number: 21; specific gravity: 3.0.
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- 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
- seminoma — a malignant tumour of the testicle
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- 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
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shamiana — a flat tent, canopy, or marquee used for parties or functions in India and often made of striped calico
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shireman — a sheriff
- sidesman — a man elected to help the parish church warden
- silliman — Benjamin, 1779–1864, U.S. scientist and educator.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- simoniac — a person who practices simony.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- sinapism — mustard plaster.
- slamming — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.