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9-letter words that end in sm

  • hybridism — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
  • hylozoism — the doctrine that matter is inseparable from life, which is a property of matter.
  • hyphenism — dual patriotic loyalty
  • hypnotism — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
  • hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
  • idioplasm — germ plasm.
  • indianism — action or policy for promoting the interests of Indians, especially American Indians.
  • irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
  • isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
  • italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.
  • jansenism — the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
  • jensenism — the theory that an individual's IQ is largely due to heredity, including racial heritage.
  • jesuitism — the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits.
  • jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
  • junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
  • kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
  • kaiserism — autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.
  • klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
  • labialism — a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.
  • labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
  • lasherism — (jargon, algorithm)   (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
  • lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
  • lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
  • listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
  • ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
  • lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
  • macrocosm — the great world or universe; the universe considered as a whole (opposed to microcosm).
  • magmatism — Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
  • magnetism — the properties of attraction possessed by magnets; the molecular properties common to magnets.
  • mammonism — the greedy pursuit of riches.
  • mannerism — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
  • manualism — the theory or practice of education for the deaf employing and promoting the use of sign language as the primary means of communication.
  • marianism — any religious system emphasizing worship of or devotion to the Virgin Mary.
  • marranism — the practices, principles, or condition characteristic of the Marranos.
  • masculism — Support for male domination of women, for patriarchy; opposition to equality for women; anti-feminism.
  • masochism — Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
  • me-tooism — the adopting of policies, methods, products, etc., similar or identical to those of a peer, rival, or competitor.
  • mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
  • meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
  • memoirism — the act or practice of writing memoirs
  • mendelism — the theories of heredity advanced by Gregor Mendel.
  • mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
  • mephitism — poisonous air or a foul smell
  • mescalism — addiction to mescal, an alcoholic spirit
  • mesmerism — hypnosis as induced, according to F. A. Mesmer, through animal magnetism.
  • metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
  • meteorism — A rapid accumulation of gas in the intestine. Meteorism is typically a sign of bowel necrosis from bacterial infection, a life-threatening surgical emergency, and is usually caused by the consumption of large quantities of undercooked pork.
  • methodism — the doctrines, polity, beliefs, and methods of worship of the Methodists.
  • metricism — the study of metrics
  • microcosm — a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
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