9-letter words containing s, m
- ashramite — a person who lives in an ashram or place of rest or contemplation
- asimovian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of Isaac Asimov
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
- aspartame — an artificial sweetener produced from aspartic acid. Formula: C14H18N2O5
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- assembler — An assembler is a person, a machine, or a company which assembles the individual parts of a vehicle or a piece of equipment such as a computer.
- assembles — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assesment — Misspelling of assessment.
- assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- assumably — in a presumable manner
- assumedly — in a presumed manner
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- asterisms — Plural form of asterism.
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- astomatal — having no stoma
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- aswan dam — a dam on the Nile built in 1902 and twice raised in height; now replaced by the Aswan High Dam
- asymmetry — Asymmetry is the appearance that something has when its two sides or halves are different in shape, size, or style.
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- atheromas — Plural form of atheroma.
- athletism — The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.
- atmolysis — a method of separating gases that depends on their differential rates of diffusion through a porous substance
- atomistic — of atoms or atomism
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atonalism — atonality.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- autoecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- automates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.
- autosomal — any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
- autosomes — Plural form of autosome.
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- avisement — the careful consideration or observation of something
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- awesomest — Superlative form of awesome.
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- axolemmas — Plural form of axolemma.
- b-s meson — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- badmashes — Plural form of badmash.
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect