7-letter words containing s, i, m
- baalism — the worship of false gods or idols
- bahaism — the religion of Bahaʾi.
- ballism — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- basmati — a variety of cultivated long-grain rice that is notably fragrant.
- beamish — smiling; radiant
- beslime — to cover with slime
- besmile — to smile on
- betimes — in good time; early
- biomass — the total number of living organisms in a given area, expressed in terms of living or dry weight per unit area
- biprism — a prism having a highly obtuse angle to facilitate beam splitting
- bismuth — a brittle pinkish-white crystalline metallic element having low thermal and electrical conductivity, which expands on cooling. It is widely used in alloys, esp low-melting alloys in fire safety devices; its compounds are used in medicines. Symbol: Bi; atomic no: 83; atomic wt: 208.98037; valency: 3 or 5; relative density: 9.747; melting pt: 271.4°C; boiling pt: 1564±5°C
- blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
- bliksem — an exclamation expressive of surprise, shock, displeasure, etc
- bossism — the domination or the system of domination of political organizations by bosses
- bromism — poisoning caused by the excessive intake of bromine or compounds containing bromine
- brutism — the characteristic actions of a brute
- bruxism — the habit of grinding the teeth, esp unconsciously
- bulimus — any of a genus of terrestrial molluscs with elongated spiral shells, commonly found in tropical America
- bushism — any apparently fatuous statement attributed to George W. Bush
- cabimas — a town in NW Venezuela, on the NE shore of Lake Maracaibo. Pop: 284 000 (2005 est)
- caesium — a ductile silvery-white element of the alkali metal group that is the most electropositive metal. It occurs in pollucite and lepidolite and is used in photocells. The radioisotope caesium-137, with a half-life of 30.2 years, is used in radiotherapy. Symbol: Cs; atomic no: 55; atomic wt: 132.90543; valency: 1; relative density: 1.873; melting pt: 28.39±0.01°C; boiling pt: 671°C
- caimans — Plural form of caiman.
- cainism — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
- cambism — cambistry
- cambist — a dealer or expert in foreign exchange
- camisia — a surplice
- cammies — camouflage.
- casemix — the varied types of patients treated by a hospital or medical unit
- castism — Alt form casteism.
- cellsim — (application) A program for modelling populations of biological cells.
- chamisa — a deciduous shrub with silver-blue leaves and yellow flowers that bloom in autumn
- chamise — An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum in the botanical family Rosaceae.
- chamiso — an evergreen shrub with yellow-green flowers native to the western United States
- chamois — Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia.
- charism — Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- chasmic — a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
- chemics — Plural form of chemic.
- chemise — A chemise is a long, loose piece of underwear worn by women in former times.
- chemism — chemical action
- chemist — A chemist or a chemist's is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold or given out, and where you can buy cosmetics and some household goods.
- chiasma — the cross-shaped connection produced by the crossing over of pairing chromosomes during meiosis
- chiasmi — Plural form of chiasmus.
- chimist — Someone who plays the chimes.
- chrisom — a white robe put on an infant at baptism and formerly used as a burial shroud if the infant died soon afterwards
- chymist — Obsolete spelling of chemist.
- cimaise — a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- cimices — Plural form of cimex.
- cinemas — Plural form of cinema.
- cis man — an adult who was born male and whose gender identity is male.