10-letter words containing s, m, e, l, i
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- psalterium — the omasum.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- remediless — not admitting of remedy, as disease, trouble, damage, etc.; unremediable.
- remissible — that may be remitted.
- remissibly — in a remissible or forgivable manner
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- resembling — to be like or similar to.
- revivalism — the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sallie mae — a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbreviation: SLMA.
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- san miguel — a city in E El Salvador.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sao miguel — the largest island of the Azores. 150,000. 288 sq. mi. (746 sq. km).
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seemliness — fitting or becoming with respect to propriety or good taste; decent; decorous: Your outburst of rage was hardly seemly.
- seismology — the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
- self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semblative — resembling
- semeiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semi-colon — A semi-colon is the punctuation mark ; which is used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence or list or to indicate a pause.
- semi-final — competition round that decides finalists