8-letter words containing s, i, m, u
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dumbshit — (vulgar, pejorative, colloquial) A stupid person or someone who makes or has just made a significant mistake.
- dumbsize — (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- dumpings — Plural form of dumping.
- dumpsite — dump (def 17).
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- emeritus — (of the former holder of an office, esp. a college professor) Having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- emulsion — A fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.
- emulsive — That yields an emulsion (or a milk-like substance).
- emulsoid — a sol with a liquid disperse phase
- equalism — Any of several forms of egalitarianism (advocacy of equality) concerned with establishing sexual, racial, class or other equality.
- esquimau — Eskimo
- eugenism — the practice or advocacy of eugenics
- eulogism — (rare) eulogistic language.
- eumerism — a biologic collection of similar parts
- euphuism — An artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.
- eximious — (archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fascinum — An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
- fistbump — A fist bump.
- fremitus — palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- frumpish — a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- fusarium — any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.
- fusiform — spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
- futurism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of the fine arts developed originally by a group of Italian artists about 1910 in which forms derived chiefly from cubism were used to represent rapid movement and dynamic motion.
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- gaullism — a political movement in France led by Charles de Gaulle.
- geminous — found in pairs
- glumpish — glum
- groupism — the tendency to conform to the general thinking and behavior of a group.
- grumpish — Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy.
- guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gummosis — The copious production and exudation of gum by a diseased or damaged tree, especially as a symptom of a disease of fruit trees.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gym suit — any outfit prescribed for wear while participating in gymnastics or sports.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hinduism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.