8-letter words containing s, m, a, l, t
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- mesylate — (organic chemistry) methanesulfonate.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- militias — Plural form of militia.
- milpitas — a town in W California.
- misallot — to allot wrongly
- misalter — to alter wrongly
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- mistrals — Plural form of mistral.
- mistrial — a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- modalist — an adherent of modalism
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- mudflats — Plural form of mudflat.
- mulattos — Plural form of mulatto.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- natalism — Pronatalism; an ideology in favour of childbearing.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- semblant — semblance
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slot man — copyeditor (def 3).
- smallest — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
- smallsat — a small communications satellite
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smaltite — a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- st. malo — a fortified seaport in NW France, on the Gulf of St. Malo: resort; surrendered by German forces August 1944.
- stalagma — a stalagmite
- stallman — a person who runs a bookstall or similar stall
- stamboul — Istanbul
- staminal — of or relating to stamina or endurance.
- staumrel — stupid; half-witted.
- steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- stillman — a man who is employed to operate a still
- stomatal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a stoma.
- symplast — the continuous system of protoplasts, linked by plasmodesmata and bounded by the cell wall
- talesman — a person summoned as one of the tales.