9-letter words containing s, m, a, l, t
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- semestral — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semimetal — an element with properties both of a metal and of a non-metal; a metalloid
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- simmental — one of a large breed of cattle, yellowish-brown to red and white, originally of Switzerland, used for milk and beef and as a draft animal.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
- simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
- smalltalk — (language) The pioneering object-oriented programming system developed in 1972 by the Software Concepts Group, led by Alan Kay, at Xerox PARC between 1971 and 1983. It includes a language, a programming environment, and an extensive object library. Smalltalk took the concepts of class and message from Simula-67 and made them all-pervasive. Innovations included the bitmap display, windowing system, and use of a mouse. The syntax is very simple. The fundamental construction is to send a message to an object: object message or with extra parameters object message: param1 secondArg: param2 .. nthArg: paramN where "secondArg:" etc. are considered to be part of the message name. Five pseudo-variables are defined: "self", "super", "nil", "true", "false". "self" is the receiver of the current message. "super" is used to delegate processing of a message to the superclass of the receiver. "nil" is a reference to "nothing" (an instance of UndefinedObject). All variables initially contain a reference to nil. "true" and "false" are Booleans. In Smalltalk, any message can be sent to any object. The recipient object itself decides (based on the message name, also called the "message selector") how to respond to the message. Because of that, the multiple inheritance system included in the early versions of Smalltalk-80 appeared to be unused in practice. All modern implementations have single inheritance, so each class can have at most one superclass. Early implementations were interpreted but all modern ones use dynamic translation (JIT). Early versions were Smalltalk-72, Smalltalk-74, Smalltalk-76 (inheritance taken from Simula, and concurrency), and Smalltalk-78, Smalltalk-80. Other versions include Little Smalltalk, Smalltalk/V, Kamin's interpreters. Current versions are VisualWorks, Squeak, VisualAge, Dolphin Smalltalk, Object Studio, GNU Smalltalk. See also: International Smalltalk Association.
- soft clam — soft-shell clam.
- soul mate — 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.
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- stalemate — Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
- stalinism — the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- stampless — without a stamp
- steamless — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stomachal — a medication that is good for the stomach
- streamlet — a small stream; rivulet.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- sum total — complete numerical total: the sum total of my savings.
- sweetmeal — (of biscuits) sweet and wholemeal
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- talmudist — a person versed in the Talmud.
- tantalism — a form of punishment similar to or as severe as that suffered by Tantalus
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- teleplasm — a hypothetical emanation from the body of a medium that serves as the means for telekinesis.
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small
- timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
- trailsman — a person who follows a trail.
- tramlines — streetcar track
- tribalism — the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- zimbalist — Efrem [ef-ruh m] /ˈɛf rəm/ (Show IPA), 1889–1985, U.S. violinist and composer, born in Russia.