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13-letter words containing s, i, m, l, e

  • semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
  • semi-flexible — partially flexible; involving or possessing some flexibility
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semicivilized — half or partly civilized.
  • semiclassical — of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • 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.
  • semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sexagesimally — into sixtieths
  • sickle medick — a small Eurasian leguminous plant, Medicago falcata, having trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and sickle-shaped pods
  • sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
  • simple minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • simple-minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • 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 mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
  • single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
  • single-minded — having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
  • slàinte mhath — a drinking toast; cheers
  • slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
  • slimming diet — a diet with the aim of losing weight
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • small calorie — Thermodynamics. calorie (def 1a).
  • smooth collie — a breed of short-haired collie with a smooth, thick coat.
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
  • social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
  • solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
  • somniloquence — sleep-talking
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
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