9-letter words containing s, m, e, l
- sommelier — a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines.
- somnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- 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.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- squamella — a small scale or bract in a plant
- 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.
- stampless — without a stamp
- steamless — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stechhelm — a heavy German jousting helm of the 15th and 16th centuries, having a bluntly pointed front with a V -shaped vision slit.
- stem cell — a cell that upon division replaces its own numbers and also gives rise to cells that differentiate further into one or more specialized types, as various B cells and T cells.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stormless — without storms.
- streamlet — a small stream; rivulet.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- 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.
- sublimely — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- sublimize — to make sublime
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- supermale — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- supremely — highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
- surmullet — a goatfish, especially one of the European species used for food.
- sweetmeal — (of biscuits) sweet and wholemeal
- symbolise — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symbolize — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- teleplasm — a hypothetical emanation from the body of a medium that serves as the means for telekinesis.
- teleseism — a tremor caused by an earthquake originating a great distance from the seismographic station that records it.
- temps lie — a series of systematized and connected arm and leg movements done for practice.
- test film — a short film that serves as an example of a longer work
- the glums — gloomy feelings
- the small — an object, person, or group considered to be small
- themeless — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- time slot — allocated period of time
- timescale — The timescale of an event is the length of time during which it happens or develops.
- tramlines — streetcar track
- tremulous — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- tumbleset — a somersault
- ulmaceous — belonging to the Ulmaceae, the elm family of plants.
- ulsterman — a native or inhabitant of Ulster.
- uncle sam — a personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red-and-white-striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars.
- unrealism — abstractionism or a representation lacking a direct relation to a tangible or concrete object
- unsampled — undemonstrated
- veblenism — the economic or social theories originated by Thorstein Veblen.
- verbalism — a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.
- vigesimal — of, relating to, or based on twenty.
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- wholesome — conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial: wholesome recreation; wholesome environment.