7-letter words containing s, i, m, l
- islamic — the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- isleman — an islander
- ismaili — a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
- isoamyl — containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- kalmias — Plural form of kalmia.
- klismos — an ancient Greek chair, having a deep top rail curving forward from the back, and having legs curving upward and inward: imitated during various classical revivals, especially in the early 19th century.
- laddism — (British) Laddish beliefs and behaviours.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- laicism — the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- lakshmi — the Hindu goddess of fortune.
- lamaism — the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- lamaist — One who believes in lamaism.
- leftism — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- leggism — the character or practice of a blackleg
- leucism — An animal condition characterized by reduced pigmentation.
- lim ems — Expanded Memory Specification
- limbers — Plural form of limber.
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- limen's — a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limites — plural of limes.
- limoges — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- limosis — an excessive hunger or appetite caused by disease
- limpets — Plural form of limpet.
- limulus — a crab of the genus Limulus; horseshoe crab.
- lingams — Plural form of lingam.
- lionism — a lion-like appearance of the skin on the face, caused by leprosy
- lipomas — Plural form of lipoma.
- lissome — lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
- listeme — (linguistics) An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule.
- locoism — a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
- lookism — discrimination or prejudice based on a person's physical appearance.
- luddism — 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.
- lumpish — resembling a lump.
- maclisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed at MIT AI Lab in 1966, known for its efficiency and programming facilities. MacLisp was later used by Project MAC, Mathlab and Macsyma. It ran on the PDP-10. It introduced the LEXPR (a function with variable arity), macros, arrays, and CATCH/THROW. MacLisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being Interlisp). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both.
- mailers — Plural form of mailer.
- malaise — a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
- malices — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
- maligns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malign.
- malines — French name of Mechlin.
- malison — a curse.
- malkins — Plural form of malkin.
- malpais — Southwestern U.S. an extensive area of rough, barren lava flows.
- marisol — (Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- marlais — (language) A simple-minded interpreter by Brent Benson at Harris for a programming language strongly resembling Dylan. Marlais version 0.2a is a "hackers release" for education, experimentation, porting, extension, and bug fixing. It has been ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, VAX/BSD, OS/2, Linux, Sequent Symmetry, Encore, HP-UX, Ultrix, SGI, Sony News, and A/UX.
- marlins — Plural form of marlin.
- mealies — Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- medials — Plural form of medial.
- melisma — an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- melissa — Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
- menials — Plural form of menial.