9-letter words containing s, i, m, l, n
- moldiness — The state or degree of being moldy.
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- molesting — Present participle of molest.
- molossian — a breed of dog native to Epirus in NW Greece, used in classical antiquity as a hunting dog and guard dog
- mona lisa — Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.
- mongolism — (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) Down syndrome.
- monoliths — Plural form of monolith.
- monomials — Plural form of monomial.
- monorails — Plural form of monorail.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
- mulligans — Plural form of mulligan.
- multiscan — (hardware) A monitor that can synchronise to a variety of horizontal scan rates and refresh rates, allowing it to display images at different resolutions.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- mumblings — Plural form of mumbling.
- muscle in — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- mussolini — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Italian be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Italian bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), (I"Il Duce") 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.
- musteline — belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, including the martens, skunks, minks, weasels, badgers, and otters.
- neologism — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- news film — a film showing main events in the news
- no claims — A no claims discount or bonus is a reduction in the money that you have to pay for an insurance policy, which you get when you have not made any claims in the previous year.
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- on-limits — open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel: an on-limits area.
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- plainsman — an inhabitant of the plains.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- seemingly — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- semiangle — half of a particular angle
- semicolon — the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle