9-letter words containing s, i, m, o
- encomiast — A person who publicly praises or flatters someone else.
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- encrimson — (transitive) To make crimson or redden.
- endomixis — the reorganization of certain nuclei with some protozoa
- epigonism — An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation.
- epipolism — fluorescence
- epitomist — One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
- eroticism — The quality or character of being erotic.
- esoterism — The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.
- estimator — A rule, method, or criterion for arriving at an estimate of the value of a parameter.
- eulogiums — Plural form of eulogium.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- exonumist — a collector of exonumia
- exorcisms — Plural form of exorcism.
- exosmosis — Osmosis in which fluid flows through a membrane towards a region of lower concentration.
- exoticism — (uncountable) The state of being exotic.
- fidelismo — Castroism.
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- firebombs — Plural form of firebomb.
- firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
- fireworms — Plural form of fireworm.
- fishwoman — (dated) A woman who sells fish.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- fluminous — Pertaining to a river or rivers; flowing, fluent.
- foaminess — The state or quality of being foamy.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- fort mims — Fort. Fort Mims.
- framboise — raspberry.
- fulminous — Explosive.
- fumonisin — Any of a class of neurotoxic, pneumotoxic and hepatotoxic mycotoxins derived from fungi of the genus Fusarium.
- fusionism — the principle, policy, or practice of fusion.
- gasconism — the quality of being boastful; boastfulness
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- geonomics — a doctrine holding that humans own what is created by them, but that those things found in nature, such as land, belong to no one person but instead belong equally to all mankind
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- ginormous — extremely large; huge.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- gloamings — Plural form of gloaming.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- gloomiest — Superlative form of gloomy.
- goldsmith — Oliver, 1730?–74, Irish poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist.
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gongorism — imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- gothicism — conformity or devotion to the gothic style in the arts.