10-letter words containing s, m
- fortuitism — the doctrine that evolutionary adaptations are the result of chance
- fosfomycin — A broad-spectrum antibiotic, 3-methyloxiran-2-ylphosphonic acid, obtained from certain Streptomyces bacteria.
- fossil gum — any gum, found chiefly in the earth, that was yielded by a now fossilized tree.
- fosterment — The act of fostering or encouraging something.
- fourierism — the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements.
- framboesia — yaws.
- frameshift — the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.
- frameworks — Plural form of framework.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- freeganism — a person who buys as little as possible and makes use of recycled or discarded goods and materials, in an effort to reduce waste and limit environmental impact.
- freemasons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- fremescent — rumbling; beginning to roar
- fresherdom — the state of being a fresher
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- freshwoman — A female first-year student at a university, college, or high school.
- frightsome — Frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
- frogmouths — Plural form of frogmouth.
- frolicsome — merrily playful; full of fun.
- frumentius — Saint, a.d. c300–c380, founder of the Ethiopian Church.
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- full marks — If you get full marks in a test or exam, you get everything right and gain the maximum number of marks.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumitories — Plural form of fumitory.
- fundaments — Plural form of fundament.
- furosemide — A synthetic compound with a strong diuretic action, used especially in the treatment of edema.
- galimatias — confused or unintelligible talk.
- gama grass — an ornamental, reedlike grass, Tripsacum dactyloides, one of the largest in the U.S., growing from 4 to 7 feet (1.2 to 2.1 meter) high.
- gamba stop — an organ stop with a tone resembling that of stringed instruments
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- gamesomely — In a gamesome manner.
- gaminesque — resembling or typical of a gamin or gamine; impish, mischievous
- gamma rays — a photon of penetrating electromagnetic radiation (gamma radiation) emitted from an atomic nucleus.
- gammadions — Plural form of gammadion.
- gangmaster — a person who recruits and manages temporary or migratory labourers, esp for seasonal agricultural work
- gargoylism — a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, grotesque deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, mental retardation, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.
- gas mantle — mantle (def 5).
- gasometers — Plural form of gasometer.
- gastroderm — endoderm
- gastronome — a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.
- gastronomy — the art or science of good eating.
- gastrotomy — the operation of cutting into the stomach.
- gaussmeter — a magnetometer for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, calibrated in gauss.
- gemmaceous — of, relating to, or resembling gemmae.
- gemologist — the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
- generalism — Generalization: lack of specialization.
- genteelism — a word or phrase used in place of another, supposedly less genteel term: “Limb” is a genteelism for “leg.”.
- geochemist — (chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry.
- geometrics — a geometric pattern, design, etc.: an ornate and handsome geometric.
- geometrids — Plural form of geometrid.