8-letter words containing s, i, m, o
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- sesamoid — shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- setiform — bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shloshim — the period of thirty days' deep mourning following a death
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- sickroom — a room in which a sick person is confined.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- silkworm — the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk.
- simoleon — a dollar.
- simoniac — a person who practices simony.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- simonson — Lee, 1888–1967, U.S. set designer.
- sismondi — Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de [zhahn sharl ley-aw-nar see-mawnd duh] /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/ (Show IPA), 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.
- skim off — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- slimdown — instance of an organization cutting staff
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smilodon — any of several saber-toothed cats of the extinct genus Smilodon, that ranged from California through most of South America during the Pleistocene Epoch and had upper canine teeth more than 6 inches (15 cm) long.
- smithson — James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
- smocking — a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- smogging — smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- snobbism — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- sodamide — sodium amide.
- sodomise — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomist — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomite — an inhabitant of Sodom.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- solidism — the belief that diseases spring from damage to solid parts of the body
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- solimoes — Brazilian name of the Amazon from its junction with the Río Negro to the border of Peru.
- somalian — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- somatism — a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- somatist — a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
- somewise — by some means; somehow.
- somniate — to dream
- somnific — causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.