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14-letter words containing sm

  • cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
  • diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
  • dismal science — the science of economics
  • dismissiveness — A form of denial, characterized by either passively showing indifference or disregard, or actively dismissing or rejecting ideas or evidence.
  • dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • electroosmosis — osmosis through a membrane that is caused by the action of an electric field, usually such a field generated by two electrodes, one on each side of the membrane
  • ellesmere port — a port in NW England, in NW Cheshire on the Mersey estuary and Manchester Ship Canal. Pop: 66 265 (2001)
  • embarrassments — Plural form of embarrassment.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • existentialism — A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • ferrimagnetism — (physics) a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Neel temperature).
  • ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
  • first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
  • form criticism — a method of textual analysis, applied especially to the Bible, in which the origin and history of certain passages are traced by isolating their literary forms, as miracle story, saying, or apothegm, on the assumption that they were fixed by oral tradition prior to compilation in written form.
  • fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • gerald sussman — (person)   (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • grassman's law — an observation, made by H. G. Grassman, that when aspirated consonants occurred in successive syllables in Sanskrit and classical Greek, one, usually the first, was unaspirated, becoming a voiced stop in Sanskrit and a voiceless stop in Greek.
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
  • handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
  • heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
  • heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
  • histoplasmosis — an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • homeomorphisms — Plural form of homeomorphism.
  • hostile sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
  • huntsman's-cup — a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
  • hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
  • hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
  • hypothyroidism — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
  • in a small way — slightly, somewhat
  • incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
  • incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
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