12-letter words containing a, n, l, e, m
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impedimental — Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in name only — not in fact or in practice
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- ineliminable — Unable to be eliminated.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- inline image — (web) An image that appears within the body of a web page. Most graphical web browsers display images inline (with an option to turn off inline images, to speed up the display of web pages). Other image formats may have to be displayed in a separate window and/or by another application program. An inline image in a web page is specified with the
HTML tag, which can take many attributes, the most important of which is the SRC attribute that gives the URL from which to fetch the image. The ALT attribute gives text to display in place of the image for users with images disabled or who are using text-only browsers or text-to-speech convertors (e.g. blind users).
- innominables — trousers
- installments — Plural form of installment.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interlaminar — composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
- intermercial — interstitial
- interminable — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- interminably — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.