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Smother (TV series)
Smother is an Irish investigative thriller by Kate O'Riordan for RTÉ One, starring Dervla Kirwan as Val Ahern investigating her husband's cliff-top death in County Clare; three series, RTS Ireland Best Drama winner, 2025 Slovak format sale.
Smothered (2025 film)
Smothered (sMOTHERed; Indonesian title Legenda Kelam Malin Kundang) is a 2025 Indonesian psychological thriller directed by Rafki Hidayat and Kevin Rahardjo, adapted from the Malin Kundang folktale, starring Rio Dewanto as an amnesiac micro painter; released November 2025 in Indonesia and on Shudder May 2026, distinct from John Schneider's 2016 horror-comedy of the same name.
Smothers Brothers
The Smothers Brothers, Tom (1937-2023) and Dick Smothers, American folk-comedy duo; their CBS variety show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1969) brought political satire to prime time and was canceled after censorship battles with CBS.
Smoulder
Smoulder is a Canadian epic heavy/doom metal band formed in Calgary in 2013, known for sword-and-sorcery lyrics, Michael Whelan cover art, and the 2023 album Violent Creed of Vengeance.
Smouldering myeloma
Smouldering myeloma (smouldering multiple myeloma, SMM) is an asymptomatic precursor of multiple myeloma with 10–60% clonal bone marrow plasma cells and no CRAB damage; high-risk SMM progresses at 40–50% in 2 years and daratumumab was FDA-approved for it in 2025.
SMPD1
SMPD1 (sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1, ASM) is a human gene on 11p15.4 encoding lysosomal acid sphingomyelinase, which cleaves sphingomyelin to ceramide; biallelic variants cause Niemann-Pick disease types A, B, and A/B (ASMD).
SMPTE color bars
SMPTE color bars, also known as color bars or NTSC color bars, are a television test pattern developed at CBS Laboratories in the 1970s for aligning NTSC video signals and calibrating picture monitors.
SMPTE timecode
SMPTE timecode, formally the SMPTE ST 12 suite, labels each frame of video, film, and audio with an hour:minute:second:frame address, introduced in 1967 to synchronize cameras, recorders, and editing systems.
SMR-160
The SMR-160, originally named HI-SMUR, is a 160 MWe small modular pressurized water reactor with passive safety systems, designed by Holtec International and cooled entirely by natural circulation rather than pumps.
Smriti Irani (स्मृति ईरानी)
Smriti Irani (स्मृति ईरानी), BJP politician and former TV actor of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi; Union minister 2014–2024 (HRD, Textiles, I&B, WCD, Minority Affairs); beat Rahul Gandhi in Amethi 2019, lost there 2024.
Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana (born 1996, Mumbai) is an Indian left-handed opening batter, India women's captain from October 2026, first Indian woman with centuries in all three formats, and holder of the record for most international runs and centuries in women's cricket.
Smrť Jánošíkova
The Death of Jánošík (Smrť Jánošíkova) is an 1862 lyrical-epic poem by the Slovak Romantic poet Ján Botto, portraying the outlaw's execution as a symbol of national hope.
SMRT sequencing
SMRT sequencing, also known as PacBio SMRT, is a long-read DNA sequencing method that watches a single polymerase replicate one DNA molecule in real time, detecting methylation.
SMS
SMS (Short Message Service) is a text messaging service of mobile networks, developed in the 1980s as part of the GSM standard and limited to 160 characters per message.
SMS Cap Trafalgar
SMS Cap Trafalgar, also known as Cap Trafalgar, was a German ocean liner converted into an auxiliary cruiser and sunk by HMS Carmania in 1914.
SMS DPpostop trial
SMS DPpostop (NCT04313855) was a completed 306-patient diagnostic trial at Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph testing SMS text messaging plus the DN2 questionnaire for early detection of postoperative neuropathic pain after ambulatory surgery; no results posted.
SMS Goeben
SMS Goeben, later Yavuz Sultan Selim, was a German Moltke-class battlecruiser whose 1914 escape to Constantinople helped bring the Ottoman Empire into World War I.
SMS group
SMS group is a German engineering company headquartered in Mönchengladbach that designs and builds plants for iron and steelmaking, nonferrous metals, and lithium-ion battery recycling.
SMS language
SMS language, also called texting language or textese, is the abbreviated spelling, acronyms, and emoticons used in text messages, which arose from the SMS limit of 160 characters.
SMS-KAN
SMS-KAN (CVCL_7131) is a human neuroblastoma cell line established in 1978 from a pelvic primary tumor of a 36-month-old girl before therapy; its paired post-treatment line SMS-KANR came from the same patient's relapsed bone marrow, making the pair a before/after-chemotherapy model.
SMS-KCNR
SMS-KCNR (KCNR, CVCL_7134) is a human neuroblastoma cell line established in 1979 from bone marrow after chemotherapy, MYCN-amplified with ALK F1174L, paired with SMS-KCNR's pre-treatment counterpart SMS-KCNR's sister line SMS-KCN, and widely used in differentiation and drug-resistance research.
SMS/800
SMS/800, now operated as the TFNRegistry, is the centralized database for all toll-free numbers in the North American Numbering Plan, storing their assignment status, Resp Org records, and carrier routing information.
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program represents Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. It began in 1915, won three national championships, and received the NCAA's first "death penalty" in 1987.
Smudging
Smudging, or the smudging ceremony, is an Indigenous North American practice of burning sacred medicines such as sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and tobacco so their smoke purifies people and spaces and carries prayers.
Smuggler's Run
Smuggler's Run, formerly titled Getaway, is a 2000 open-world off-road racing game by Angel Studios and Rockstar Games, a PlayStation 2 launch title about smuggling contraband.
Smuggler's Run 2
Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory is a 2001 Angel Studios off-road driving game for PS2, published by Rockstar Games. Sequel to the 2000 launch title; 36 missions in Russia, Vietnam, and Russian winter; setting changed from Afghanistan after 9/11; GameCube port called Warzones.
Smugglers (밀수)
Smugglers (밀수) is Ryoo Seung-wan's 2023 Korean crime action film about 1970s haenyeo divers turned smugglers in fictional Guncheon, starring Kim Hye-soo, Yum Jung-ah, and Zo In-sung; it sold 5.14 million admissions, ranking third among 2023 Korean films.
Smugglers' Notch State Park
Smugglers' Notch State Park (Vermont state park, Stowe, Lamoille County) sits in Mt. Mansfield State Forest near the 1,000-foot-cliff pass named for 1807 Embargo Act smuggling; CCC-built campground relocated 2002-2003 after a 1996 land exchange.
Smuggling
Smuggling: evading trade regulations by moving goods or people across borders illegally, avoiding duties or prohibitions. Also called contraband trade; spans mercantilist-era Atlantic trade, cigarette and drug smuggling, and modern migrant smuggling (90% of EU irregular arrivals use smugglers; €4.7–6 billion yearly).
Smulders (company)
Smulders is a Belgian steel construction company headquartered in Arendonk, specializing in foundations and substations for offshore wind farms and part of France's Eiffage Group since 2013.