13-letter words containing e, m, s, i
- ileocolostomy — the surgical formation of an artificial opening between the ileum and the colon.
- illegitimizes — illegitimatize.
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- imaginariness — The state of being imaginary.
- imitativeness — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
- immanentistic — relating to immanentism
- immarcescible — (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- immaterialise — Alt form immaterialize.
- immaterialism — the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- immaterialist — A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
- immediateness — The state of being immediate; immediacy.
- immersiveness — The quality or degree of being immersive.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- immune system — a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and lymph tissue, stem cells, white blood cells, antibodies, and lymphokines.
- immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
- immunogenesis — the production of an immune response
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- immutableness — The state of being immutable; unchangeableness.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- impassiveness — The state of being impassive.
- impatientness — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impermissible — not permissible or allowable; unallowable.
- impermissibly — (chiefly, legal) In a way or to an extent that is not permissible.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonators — Plural form of impersonator.
- impertinences — Plural form of impertinence.
- impetuosities — Plural form of impetuosity.
- impetuousness — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- impreciseness — The quality of being imprecise, or of lacking precision.
- impressionism — Fine Arts. (usually initial capital letter) a style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects. a manner of painting in which the forms, colors, or tones of an object are lightly and rapidly indicated. a manner of sculpture in which volumes are partially modeled and surfaces roughened to reflect light unevenly.
- impressionist — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- imprisonments — Plural form of imprisonment.
- improgressive — (archaic) Not progressive.