9-letter words containing s, m
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animistic — the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- anisogamy — a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar, either in size alone or in size and form
- anomalies — a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
- anomalism — the state or quality of being anomalous.
- anomalous — Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.
- anonymise — (transitive) To render anonymous; especially to remove data that would establish the identity of a person.
- anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorgasmy — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- antiatoms — Plural form of antiatom.
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antimeson — The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
- antimusic — any form of music intended to overthrow traditional conventions and expectations
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- apatheism — (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
- aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.
- apothegms — Plural form of apothegm.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- aquariums — Plural form of aquarium.
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- archaisms — Plural form of archaism.
- arguments — an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- armaments — Armaments are weapons and military equipment belonging to an army or country.
- armatures — Plural form of armature.
- armchairs — Plural form of armchair.
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- armorless — any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- arms race — An arms race is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
- armstrong — Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio
- army base — a centre from which military activities are coordinated
- army list — an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the army and reserve officers liable for recall
- armyworms — Plural form of armyworm.
- aromatase — an enzyme that converts testosterone into an oestrogen
- aromatics — Plural form of aromatic.
- aromatise — Alternative spelling of aromatize.
- arrivisme — unscrupulous ambition
- art music — music written by a composer rather than passed on by oral tradition
- artemisia — any herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Artemisia, of the N hemisphere, such as mugwort, sagebrush, and wormwood: family Asteraceae (composites)
- artemovsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- asbomania — the perceived indiscriminate and excessive use by the authorities of anti-social behaviour orders in dealing with people causing a nuisance to their fellow citizens
- asemantic — not semantic
- ashamedly — feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace: He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly.