7-letter words containing s, m, a, i
- inseams — Plural form of inseam.
- ishmael — the son of Abraham and Hagar: both he and Hagar were cast out of Abraham's family by Sarah. Gen. 16:11, 12.
- islamic — the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- isleman — an islander
- ismaili — a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
- ismatic — following fashionable doctrines
- isoamyl — containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- isogamy — the fusion of two gametes of similar form, as in certain algae.
- isogram — a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- itacism — the pronunciation of the Greek letter eta as in Modern Greek
- jahvism — Yahwism.
- jahwism — the worship of Yahweh or the religious system based on such worship.
- jainism — a dualistic religion founded in the 6th century b.c. as a revolt against current Hinduism and emphasizing the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, especially through asceticism and nonviolence toward all living creatures.
- james i — 1566–1625, king of England and Ireland 1603–25; as James VI, king of Scotland 1567–1625 (son of Mary Stuart).
- jamison — Judith, born 1943, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- jammies — pajamas.
- jamshid — the king of the peris who, given a human form as punishment for his boast of immortality, became a powerful and wonder-working Persian king.
- jasmine — a female given name.
- jiamusi — a city in E Heilongjiang province, in NE China.
- jicamas — Plural form of jicama.
- jimjams — extreme nervousness; jitters.
- judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- kalmias — Plural form of kalmia.
- karaism — the beliefs and doctrines of the Karaite sect
- kashmir — the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat.
- khamsin — a hot southerly wind, varying from southeast to southwest, that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March.
- kinsman — a blood relative, especially a male.
- laddism — (British) Laddish beliefs and behaviours.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- laicism — the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- lakshmi — the Hindu goddess of fortune.
- lamaism — the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- lamaist — One who believes in lamaism.
- lingams — Plural form of lingam.
- lipomas — Plural form of lipoma.
- maclisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed at MIT AI Lab in 1966, known for its efficiency and programming facilities. MacLisp was later used by Project MAC, Mathlab and Macsyma. It ran on the PDP-10. It introduced the LEXPR (a function with variable arity), macros, arrays, and CATCH/THROW. MacLisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being Interlisp). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both.
- maddish — somewhat mad.
- madison — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Capital: Madison. Abbreviation: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc.
- maestri — Plural form of maestro.
- mafiosi — a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
- mafioso — a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
- magpies — Plural form of magpie.
- maidans — Plural form of maidan.
- maidens — Plural form of maiden.
- maidism — a disease caused by improper diet which results in psychiatric and nervous disorders
- mailers — Plural form of mailer.
- maimers — Plural form of maimer.
- maistre — Josephe de (ʒozɛf də). 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat, noted for his extreme reactionary views, expounded in such works as Les Soirées de St Petersbourg (1821)
- maistry — (obsolete) mastery.
- makings — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.