10-letter words containing e, m, s, i
- inseminate — to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- instalment — the act of installing.
- instrument — a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
- insultment — the act of insulting, or an insult
- interments — Plural form of interment.
- intermixes — Plural form of intermix.
- intimacies — Plural form of intimacy.
- intumesced — Simple past tense and past participle of intumesce.
- investment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- iridosmine — a native alloy of iridium and osmium, usually containing some rhodium, ruthenium, platinum, etc., used especially for the points of gold pens.
- ironmaster — the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.
- ishmaelite — a descendant of Ishmael, the traditional ancestor of the Arab peoples.
- isoaminile — a drug formerly used to suppress coughing. Formula: C16H24N2
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isoenzymes — Plural form of isoenzyme.
- isogametes — one of a pair of conjugating gametes, exhibiting no differences in form, size, structure, or sex.
- isomerases — Plural form of isomerase.
- isomerized — (chemistry) converted from one isomer to another.
- isometrics — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isoseismal — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isoseismic — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isosterism — Chemistry. the quality or state of being isosteric.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- james otis — Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- jiggermast — a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kineticism — the quality or state of being kinetic.
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules
- king's men — an English theatrical company originally called Lord Chamberlain's Men, founded in the late 16th century: William Shakespeare was the company's principal dramatist.
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- lamaseries — Plural form of lamasery.
- lamebrains — Plural form of lamebrain.
- lammastide — the season of Lammas.
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- legitimise — to make legitimate.
- legitimism — a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent.
- legitimist — a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent.
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- leiomyomas — Plural form of leiomyoma.
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- leitmotifs — Plural form of leitmotif.
- lemniscate — a plane curve generated by the locus of the point at which a variable tangent to a rectangular hyperbola intersects a perpendicular from the center to the tangent. Equation: r 2 = 2 a 2 cosθ.