9-letter words containing c, m, i
- homicidal — of or relating to homicide.
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- homogamic — (of a plant) in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- homologic — Homological.
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- homonymic — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homotonic — of the same tone
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- humective — tending to moisten
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- i.chem.e. — Institution of Chemical Engineers
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.
- ibm pc xt — (computer) An IBM PC with a (slow) hard disk. The XT was released in March 1983. It had an Intel 8088 CPU. The XT/370, released in October 1983, added IBM 370 mainframe emulation, and the XT 286 followed in September 1986 with an Intel 80286 CPU [Why?].
- ice cream — a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
- ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- ice-minus — noting or pertaining to genetically altered bacteria used on crops to inhibit frost formation.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- idiomatic — peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.
- illyricum — a Roman province in ancient Illyria.
- imagistic — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- imbecilic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an imbecile.
- imbracery — embracery.
- imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- immanacle — to tie with fetters
- immanence — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immanency — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immediacy — the state, condition, or quality of being immediate.
- imminence — Also, imminency. the state or condition of being imminent or impending: the imminence of war.
- imminency — Also, imminency. the state or condition of being imminent or impending: the imminence of war.
- immusical — (archaic) inharmonious; unmusical; discordant.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- impacting — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impactite — a glassy or crystalline material composed of slag and meteoric materials, produced by the impact of a meteorite striking the earth.
- impactive — caused by impact: impactive pain.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.