10-letter words containing s, u, i, m, a
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- damasus ii — died 1048, pope 1048.
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- emulations — Plural form of emulation.
- emulsoidal — of or relating to an emulsoid
- enthusiasm — Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- equanimous — Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
- factualism — emphasis on, devotion to, or extensive reliance upon facts: the factualism of scientific experiment.
- fauxminist — a person who makes an insincere pretence of feminism
- flamininus — Titus Quinctius (ˈtaɪtəs ˈkwɪŋktɪəs). ?230–?174 bc, Roman general and statesman: defeated Macedonia (197) and proclaimed the independence of the Greek states (196)
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- gaminesque — resembling or typical of a gamin or gamine; impish, mischievous
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- guestimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- gymnasiums — Plural form of gymnasium.
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- humanising — Present participle of humanise.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanities — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.