8-letter words containing s, i, m, l
- colorism — Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
- compiles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compile.
- complies — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
- complish — to accomplish
- cosmical — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cullyism — the state of being a cully
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- delimits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delimit.
- demissly — in a demiss manner
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- devilism — a characteristic of the devil; behaviour proper to the devil
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- el misti — a volcano in S Peru, in the Andes. Height: 5852 m (19 199 ft)
- emailers — Plural form of emailer.
- embolism — Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
- emissile — able to be emitted
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- emulsion — A fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.
- emulsive — That yields an emulsion (or a milk-like substance).
- emulsoid — a sol with a liquid disperse phase
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- equalism — Any of several forms of egalitarianism (advocacy of equality) concerned with establishing sexual, racial, class or other equality.
- eulogism — (rare) eulogistic language.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- families — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- familism — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- fatalism — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- fidelism — Castroism.
- film set — to photocompose.
- filmless — Without film.
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- finalism — the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fistmele — (archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6\u00bd inches or 16\u00bd centimetres).
- flamings — Plural form of flaming.