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Smiley face murder theory
Smiley face murder theory: claim by retired NYPD detectives Kevin Gannon and Anthony Duarte that dozens of drowned college men were gang murders marked by smiley graffiti; rejected by FBI and criminologists.
Smiley Smile
Smiley Smile: 1967 Beach Boys album (studio album no. 12), released 18 September 1967 in place of the shelved SMiLE; recorded at Brian Wilson's home studio with no session musicians, about 27 minutes long, including Good Vibrations.
Smiley Surf Shop
Smiley Surf Shop is a surf shop in Tamraght, Souss-Massa, Morocco, selling clothes, wax, leashes, and souvenirs and renting foam and shortboards at 120 dhs/day; a separate Smiley's surf shop in Bridgetown, Barbados is named after surfer Peter (Smiley) Boland.
Smiley's People
Smiley's People (1979) is John le Carré's third Karla Trilogy novel, in which George Smiley investigates General Vladimir's murder and forces his Soviet nemesis Karla to defect; adapted by the BBC in 1982 with Alec Guinness.
SMILF
SMILF is a Showtime comedy-drama (2017–2019) created by and starring Frankie Shaw, adapted from her Sundance-winning 2015 short, about single mother Bridgette Bird in South Boston; canceled after misconduct allegations.
Smiling Buddha
Smiling Buddha, officially Pokhran-I, was the code name of India's first nuclear test, an underground plutonium implosion device detonated at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan on 18 May 1974.
Smiling Friends
Smiling Friends is an Adult Swim animated comedy created by Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel about employees of a company that makes sad people smile, known for crude web-native art, mixed-media animation, improvised dialogue, and its 2020-2026 run ending after three seasons.
Smilla Holmberg
Smilla Hilma Holmberg (born 2006) is a Swedish right-back for Arsenal in the WSL and Sweden. Hammarby academy graduate, Euro 2025 scorer against Germany, joined Arsenal January 5, 2026.
Smilla's Sense of Snow (TV series)
Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 2025 six-part crime thriller series adapted from Peter Høeg's 1992 novel, created and directed by Amma Asante with Clive Bradley, starring Filippa Coster-Waldau, set in a dystopian Copenhagen of 2040, and premiering on SBS On Demand.
Smilodon
Smilodon, often called the saber-toothed tiger, is an extinct genus of large saber-toothed cats that lived in the Americas, best known for its greatly elongated upper canine teeth.
Smino
Smino (Christopher Smith Jr., born 1991) is a St. Louis rapper and singer blending hip-hop, funk, and R&B; albums blkswn, NOIR, Luv 4 Rent, Maybe in Nirvana; founder of Zero Fatigue; distinct from the smino construction software.
Sminthopsis
Sminthopsis (dunnarts, narrow-footed marsupial mice), a genus of about 19 small carnivorous dasyurid marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, established by Thomas in 1887, type species the fat-tailed dunnart S. crassicaudata.
Smirnoff
Smirnoff (originally Smirnov, Смирнов) is Diageo's vodka brand, founded by Pyotr Smirnov in 1864, relaunched after the Russian Revolution, and the world's bestselling vodka with 40-plus bottlings including No. 21 and Smirnoff Ice.
SMIS-Max trial
SMIS-Max (NCT06081192) is a single-center prospective trial at the Federal University of Goias, Brazil, testing a partially guided protocol for six Straumann Ti-Zr one-piece mini implants retaining maxillary overdentures, with placement accuracy as the primary outcome.
Smiski
Smiski (スミスキー) is a Japanese glow-in-the-dark blind box figurine brand by Dreams Inc., launched August 2015 with Series 1; each series has 6 regular designs plus 1 secret figure, priced at 1,210 yen including tax.
Smita Bhatia
Smita Bhatia is an India-trained pediatric oncologist and cancer survivorship researcher who directs the Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Smita Jaykar (स्मिता जयकर)
Smita Jaykar (स्मिता जयकर), also Smita Jayakar, is an Indian character actress from Mumbai known for mother roles in Pardes, Sarfarosh, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and Devdas, plus Marathi films, TV, and spiritual teaching.
Smita Mohanty
Smita Mohanty is a structural biologist and solution NMR spectroscopist, Professor of Chemistry at Oklahoma State University, known for NMR structures of moth pheromone-binding proteins and winner of the 1999 PECASE award.
Smita Patil
Smita Patil (स्मिता पाटील), 1955–1986, Indian actress of Hindi and Marathi parallel cinema; over 80 films, two National Film Awards for Bhumika and Chakra, Filmfare Award, Padma Shri 1985; died at 31 after childbirth; wife of Raj Babbar, mother of Prateik Babbar.
Smita S. Patel
Smita S. Patel is an American biochemist and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, known for quantitative studies of DNA helicases and mitochondrial replication enzymes.
Smita Sabharwal
Smita Sabharwal (born 1977) is a 2001-batch Telangana cadre IAS officer, UPSC All India Rank 4 in 2000, known for Fund your City in Warangal, Karimnagar e-governance, the Telangana CMO stint, the Outlook defamation case, and her 2025 transfer after the Kancha Gachibowli AI-image post.
Smita Wagh
Smita Wagh, full name Smita Uday Wagh, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Jalgaon, Maharashtra, in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Smite (video game)
Smite is a free-to-play third-person MOBA by Titan Forge Games and Hi-Rez Studios, released March 25, 2014, where players control 100+ mythological gods; a Unreal Engine 5 sequel, Smite 2, entered alpha in 2024.
Smith (Martian crater)
Smith crater, an IAU-named 75.50 km impact crater on Mars at 65.85°S, 257.10°E in the southern highlands, Gazetteer Feature ID 5603.
Smith (surname)
Smith is an English and Scottish occupational surname for a worker in metal, especially a blacksmith, and the most common surname in the United States, Australia, and England.
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson, also known as Smith and Wesson Company, is an American firearms manufacturer founded in 1852, known for revolvers and M&P pistols and based in Maryville, Tennessee.
Smith & Wesson M&P
The Smith & Wesson M&P, whose name abbreviates Military & Police, is a line of polymer-framed, striker-fired semi-automatic pistols introduced in 2005 that competes with Glock in law enforcement.
Smith & Wesson M&P15
The Smith & Wesson M&P15 is a family of AR-15-type semi-automatic rifles made by Smith & Wesson of Springfield, Massachusetts, introduced in January 2006 as its first long gun.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
The Smith & Wesson Model 10, introduced in 1899 as the .38 Military & Police, is a six-shot .38 Special K-frame revolver with over six million made.
Smith & Wesson Model 15
The Smith & Wesson Model 15 is a six-shot .38 Special double-action revolver, sold from 1949 as the K-38 Combat Masterpiece and produced until 2000.