14-letter words containing a, m, i, l, s
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- histoplasmosis — an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- ijsselmeer dam — a dam in the NW Netherlands
- Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immaterializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immaterialize.
- immaterialness — The state of being immaterial; immateriality.
- immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- in a small way — slightly, somewhat
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- infinitesimals — Plural form of infinitesimal.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- inimitableness — The quality of being inimitable.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance