10-letter words containing s, u, m, i
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin
- bumsucking — obsequious behaviour; toadying
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- 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.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- cesium 137 — the radioactive cesium isotope with mass number 137 and a half-life of 33 years: used for gamma irradiation of certain foods and for radiation therapy.
- 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.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- 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
- circumcise — If a boy or man is circumcised, the loose skin at the end of his penis is cut off.
- circumfuse — to pour or spread (a liquid, powder, etc) around
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- columnists — Plural form of columnist.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- commodious — A commodious room or house is large and has a lot of space.
- communings — negotiations conducted prior to drawing up a contract
- communions — Plural form of communion.
- communists — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- communizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communize.
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- continuums — Plural form of continuum.
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- crumminess — the state or quality of being crummy