8-letter words containing s, m, a, r
- ruralism — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- rush mat — a small piece of material made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus), which is put on the ground or floor for protection, decoration, or comfort
- saaremaa — an island in the Baltic, at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga, belonging to Estonia. 1048 sq. mi. (2714 sq. km).
- sagamore — (among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- samarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- samarium — a rare-earth metallic element discovered in samarskite. Symbol: Sm; atomic weight: 150.35; atomic number: 62; specific gravity: 7.49.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- samsaric — of or relating to samsara
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- sapremia — blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- saramago — José [zhoo-ze] /ʒʊˈzɛ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel prize 1998.
- sarmatia — the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
- sarmatic — of or relating to Sarmatia or its inhabitants
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- scimitar — a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- sclerema — sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scramjet — a ramjet engine in which the flow through the combustor itself is supersonic.
- screamed — to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
- screamer — a person or thing that screams.
- sea room — unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- seadrome — a floating airdrome serving as an intermediate or emergency landing place for aircraft flying over water.
- seamfree — having no seam
- seamster — a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semiarid — characterized by very little annual rainfall, usually from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm): the struggle to raise vegetables in semiarid regions.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- seriatim — in a series; one after another in regular order
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shamshir — a curved Persian saber having one edge on the convex side.
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- shawarma — roasted meat, as lamb or beef, cooked on a spit. a dish consisting of this meat, served wrapped in pita bread with tahini or hummus.
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- side arm — a weapon, as a pistol or sword, carried at the side or in the belt.