10-letter words containing s, m
- isoenzymes — Plural form of isoenzyme.
- isogametes — one of a pair of conjugating gametes, exhibiting no differences in form, size, structure, or sex.
- isomerases — Plural form of isomerase.
- isomerized — (chemistry) converted from one isomer to another.
- isometrics — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- isoseismal — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isoseismic — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isosterism — Chemistry. the quality or state of being isosteric.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- isotropism — isotropy
- italianism — an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- james dean — James (Byron) 1931–55, U.S. actor.
- james espy — James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- james otis — Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- james watt — James, 1736–1819, Scottish engineer and inventor.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- jet stream — strong, generally westerly winds concentrated in a relatively narrow and shallow stream in the upper troposphere of the earth.
- jetstreams — Plural form of jetstream.
- jiggermast — a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- john smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- jointworms — Plural form of jointworm.
- jostlement — Crowding; hustling.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- judgements — an act or instance of judging.
- jumbotrons — Plural form of jumbotron.
- jump leads — Jump leads are two thick wires that can be used to start a car when its battery does not have enough power. The jump leads are used to connect the battery to the battery of another car that is working properly.
- jump spark — spark1 (def 2).
- jump-shift — a jump bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
- jump-start — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
- jumpmaster — a person who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists.
- jumpstarts — Plural form of jumpstart.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kama sutra — a Hindu religious treatise written c. a.d. 400, that deals with pleasure, love, and sexuality
- kantianism — the philosophy of Kant, who held that the content of knowledge comes a posteriori from sense perception, but that its form is determined by a priori categories of the mind: he also declared that God, freedom, and immortality, although they cannot be proved or disproved, are necessary postulates of a rational morality
- karamanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.