9-letter words containing u, s, a, m
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- quaesitum — something that is sought; the solution to a problem
- quagmires — Plural form of quagmire.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- qualmless — having no qualms
- quamashes — Plural form of quamash.
- quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rasmussen — Knud Johan Victor [knooth yoo-hahn veek-tawr] /knuð yʊˈhɑn ˈvik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer.
- remeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- saccharum — a brewing sugar derived from cane sugar
- sacrarium — Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- samuelson — Paul A(nthony) 1915–2009, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sargassum — any seaweed of the genus Sargassum, widely distributed in the warmer waters of the globe, as S. bacciferum, the common gulfweed.
- sarmentum — a slender running stem; runner.
- sarum use — the liturgy or modified form of the Roman rite used in Salisbury before the Reformation and revived in part by some English churches.
- satu-mare — a city in NW Romania.
- saturnism — lead poisoning (def 1b).
- scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- scrummage — scrum (defs 1, 3).
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sea mouse — any of several large, marine annelids of the genus Aphrodite and related genera, having a covering of long, fine, hairlike setae.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- sexualism — any discrimination based upon sexual preference
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- 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.
- slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
- slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
- slum area — an area of a city filled with slums