10-letter words containing t, i, m, e, l, s
- obsoletism — A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- psalterium — the omasum.
- ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- relativism — any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments.
- removalist — a person or company that transports household effects to a new home
- salt mines — Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox.
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sedimental — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
- semantical — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semblative — resembling
- semestrial — (in many educational institutions) a division constituting half of the regular academic year, lasting typically from 15 to 18 weeks.
- semilethal — a semilethal gene
- semilucent — partially translucent
- semiotical — of or relating to signs.
- semipostal — a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- signalment — a detailed description, especially of distinctive features, of a person for identification, usually for police purposes.
- similative — implying likeness
- similitude — likeness; resemblance: a similitude of habits.
- simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slipstream — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- small-time — of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small-time politician.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- spermatial — relating to the male reproductive cells of certain red algae and fungi
- split-time — a daylight-saving time based on a half-hour advance.
- st.-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- stalagmite — a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
- steel mill — a steelworks.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stepfamily — a family composed of a parent, a stepparent, and a child or children by a previous marriage.
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- streamline — a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
- streamling — a small stream
- telematics — the branch of science concerned with the use of technological devices to transmit information over long distances
- telesmatic — relating to a telesm
- textualism — strict adherence to a text, especially of the Scriptures.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- time flies — time passes quickly
- time slice — the period of time for which a process is allowed to run uninterrupted in a pre-emptive multitasking operating system
- time-lapse — done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.