9-letter words containing em
- semimicro — using or involving measurements on a scale between micro and macro
- semimoist — slightly wet; somewhat moist
- seminaked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
- semiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semiotics — semiotics.
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semiplume — a semiplume feather
- semiramis — a legendary Assyrian queen, the wife of Ninus and founder of Babylon, noted for her wisdom and beauty.
- semirigid — not fully rigid; partly rigid.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- semirural — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- semisolid — having a somewhat firm consistency; more or less solid.
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
- semistiff — somewhat or fairly stiff; partially stiff
- semisweet — somewhat sweet; containing a small amount of sweetening: a semisweet cookie; semisweet chocolate.
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- semivocal — of or relating to a semivowel
- semivowel — Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce
- september — the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- shemozzle — a noisy confusion or dispute; uproar
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- sicklemia — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- sicklemic — relating to sicklemia
- siem reap — a city in NW Cambodia, near Angkor.
- slip stem — a spoon handle cut obliquely at the end from top to bottom.
- softmodem — The integration of modem controller and data pump algorithms into a single RAM-based DSP hardware architecture. These integrated algorithms are stored on the computer's hard disk, from which they are downloaded into the DSP board's random-access memory (RAM). This downloading, or "booting" process of the PC-installed software algorithms occurs as part of the computer's power-up initialisation process in less than 100 milliseconds, making it transparent to the user.
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- stalemate — Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
- statement — something stated.
- stem cell — a cell that upon division replaces its own numbers and also gives rise to cells that differentiate further into one or more specialized types, as various B cells and T cells.
- stem rust — any of several fungal diseases of plants affecting the stems, especially a disease of wheat and other grasses characterized by pustules of red and then black spores.
- stem turn — a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- stemmatic — of or relating to a textual stemma
- stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.