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9-letter words containing u, l, m, i

  • pollinium — an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
  • primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
  • puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
  • pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • qizil qum — Kyzyl Kum.
  • quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
  • quicklime — lime1 (def 1).
  • quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
  • quitclaim — a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, especially without a warranty of title.
  • remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
  • reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
  • reticulum — any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
  • ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
  • salicetum — a plantation of willows
  • scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
  • semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
  • semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
  • semiplume — a semiplume feather
  • semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
  • semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
  • semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
  • sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
  • sexualism — any discrimination based upon sexual preference
  • shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
  • simula 67 — (language)   A version of SIMULA I? Simula a.s., Postboks 4403 - Torshov, N-0402 Oslo 4, Norway, versions for almost every computer. E-mail: Henry Islo <[email protected]>.
  • simulacra — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
  • simulacre — simulacrum.
  • simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
  • simulator — a person or thing that simulates.
  • simulcast — a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
  • slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
  • smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
  • sour milk — milk that has spoiled
  • spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
  • stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
  • stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  • subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
  • subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
  • sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • sublimely — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
  • sublimity — the state or quality of being sublime.
  • sublimize — to make sublime
  • submissly — submissively
  • submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
  • sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
  • sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
  • summarily — in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
  • talmudist — a person versed in the Talmud.
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