8-letter words containing s, i, m, o
- diosmose — osmose.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- disbosom — to reveal; confess.
- dismoded — no longer fashionable
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- disodium — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of sodium in a compound.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- dowdyism — the quality of being dowdy
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- ebionism — the teaching upheld by the Ebionites that said that Jesus was a mortal human being, that Christians should adhere to Jewish law and that absence of wealth was a preferred religious quality
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- embodies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embody.
- embolism — Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
- emersion — The process or state of emerging from or being out of water after being submerged.
- emission — The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
- emotions — Plural form of emotion.
- empoison — (obsolete) poison.
- emulsion — A fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.
- emulsoid — a sol with a liquid disperse phase
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- episemon — an emblem
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- episomes — Plural form of episome.
- epistome — (zoology) a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.
- epitomes — Plural form of epitome.
- epsimone — Concurrent simulation language derived from Simone. "EPSIMONE Manual", J. Beziin et al, Pub Int No 90, IRISA, Sept 1978.
- epsomite — (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate, also found in fumaroles, with the chemical formula MgSO4'·'7H2O.
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- ethmoids — Plural form of ethmoid.
- eulogism — (rare) eulogistic language.
- eximious — (archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.
- fibromas — Plural form of fibroma.
- fiefdoms — the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
- fishworm — an earthworm.
- fisnomie — an archaic spelling of physiognomy
- fivesome — A group of five persons or things.
- foamiest — Superlative form of foamy.
- foilsman — a person who fences with a foil.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- fusiform — spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.