11-letter words containing s, t, a, m, i
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plasmatical — relating to plasma
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- re-estimate — to estimate again or correct an estimate
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reestimated — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- relationism — a doctrine maintaining the existence of relations between things
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- ruminations — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- saint-simon — Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.
- salinometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of salt in a solution.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- sand martin — the bank swallow.
- santa maria — (italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
- satellitium — a group of three or more planets lying in one sign of the zodiac
- scambaiting — the practice of pretending to fall for fraudulent online schemes in order to waste the time of the perpetrators
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- schismatist — schismatic (def 2).
- schismatize — to take part in a schism.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration