7-letter words containing s, i, m
- ermines — Fur resembling ermine but with white spots on a black ground.
- erotism — Sexual desire or excitement; eroticism.
- etacism — (grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word 'ate'.
- examins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examin.
- faddism — a person following a fad or given to fads, as one who seeks and adheres briefly to a passing variety of unusual diets, beliefs, etc.
- falsism — a statement which is clearly false
- famines — Plural form of famine.
- fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- fattism — Discrimination on the grounds of fatness.
- fauvism — (sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
- fideism — exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- filmish — resembling a film
- filmset — to photocompose.
- firmans — Plural form of firman.
- firmest — Superlative form of firm.
- flemish — of or relating to Flanders, its people, or their language.
- fogyism — an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century.
- fomites — any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- foodism — enthusiasm for and interest in the preparation and consumption of good food
- gambist — a person who plays the viola da gamba
- gambits — Plural form of gambit.
- gamines — Plural form of gamine.
- gampish — (of an umbrella) bulging and loosely tied
- geekism — a preoccupation with subjects that are generally considered as unfashionable or boring
- gemfish — A bottom-dwelling fish, of the family Gempylidae, which inhabits deep waters off of southern Australia.
- gimbals — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- gimlets — Plural form of gimlet.
- gimmals — Plural form of gimmal.
- gisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- glimpse — a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
- gliomas — Plural form of glioma.
- gnomish — (in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- gnomist — a writer of aphorisms.
- gommies — a fool.
- gramsci — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theorist: a founder of the Italian Communist Party 1921.
- grecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- grimsby — a seaport in Humberside county, in E England at the mouth of the Humber estuary.
- grisham — John. born 1955, US novelist and lawyer; his legal thrillers, many of which have been filmed, include A Time to Kill (1989), The Pelican Brief (1992), and The Summons (2002)
- gummies — Plural form of gummy.
- guruism — the state of being a guru
- gymslip — schoolgirl's pinafore
- haimish — homey; cozy and unpretentious.
- handism — discrimination against people on the grounds of whether they are left-handed or right-handed
- hasidim — a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy. Compare Mitnagged.
- hassium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Hs; atomic number: 108.
- heimish — homey; cozy and unpretentious.
- hermits — Plural form of hermit.
- heroism — the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine: He showed great heroism in battle.
- heurism — the educational principle of acquiring knowledge through empirical study and practical experience
- himself — See myself.