9-letter words containing a, m, i, l, s
- fish meal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flimflams — Plural form of flimflam.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- gaelicism — a word, phrase or idiom peculiar to the Gaelic language
- gallicism — a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.
- galvanism — Electricity. electricity, especially as produced by chemical action.
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- gilgamesh — a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
- gladsheim — the golden palace of Odin, of which Valhalla was a part.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- gloamings — Plural form of gloaming.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- guildsman — a member of a guild.
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamamelis — (botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
- hamiltons — Plural form of hamilton.
- healthism — The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- himalayas — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- idealisms — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- il sodoma — (Giovanni Antonio de Bazzi) [jaw-vahn-nee-ahn-taw-nyaw-de-baht-tsee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ dɛˈbɑt tsi/ (Show IPA), 1477–1549, Italian painter.
- immolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immolate.
- immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- immusical — (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- islomania — an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality for islands
- ismailian — a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
- ismailiya — a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- italicism — Italianism, especially an idiom or a characteristic of the Italian language.
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- labialism — a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- laconisms — Plural form of laconism.
- lacrimoso — sad or mournful
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.