8-letter words containing s, t, a, i, m
- tantrism — (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- tasmania — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- tidesman — a Customs official at a port
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- time was — there was a time
- timepass — a way of passing the time
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
- titanism — revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.
- toadyism — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- totalism — totalitarianism.
- transmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- trialism — the belief that man consists of body, soul, and spirit
- tristram — one of the knights of the Round Table, whose love for Iseult, wife of King Mark, is the subject of many romances.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tsushima — two adjacent Japanese islands between Korea and Kyushu: Russian fleet defeated by Japanese fleet 1905. 271 sq. mi. (702 sq. km).
- ultraism — extremism.
- vitalism — the philosophical doctrine that the phenomena of life cannot be explained in purely mechanical terms because there is something immaterial which distinguishes living from inanimate matter
- vitamins — any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- voltaism — the branch of electrical science that deals with the production of electricity or electric currents by chemical action.
- womanist — believing in and respecting the abilities and talents of women; acknowledging women's contributions to society.
- xanthism — a condition of skin, fur, or feathers in which yellow coloration predominates