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11-letter words containing e, n, m

  • itemisation — Alternative spelling of itemization.
  • itemization — to state by items; give the particulars of; list the individual units or parts of: to itemize an account.
  • itinerarium — a prayer in the breviary, used by a priest about to begin a journey.
  • jam session — a meeting of a group of musicians, especially jazz musicians, to play for their own enjoyment.
  • james bland — James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
  • james range — a mountain range in central Australia.
  • jane addams — Charles (Samuel) 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.
  • jasmine tea — tea scented with jasmine blossoms.
  • jejunectomy — excision of part or all of the jejunum.
  • jejunostomy — an artificial opening from the jejunum through the abdominal wall, created for the drainage of jejunal contents or for feeding.
  • jerome kern — Jerome (David) 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
  • jiang zemin — born 1926, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1989–2002, president of China 1993–2003.
  • jimson weed — a coarse, rank-smelling weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, having oaklike, poisonous leaves and tubular white or lavender flowers.
  • jimsonweeds — Plural form of jimsonweed.
  • john motley — John Lothrop [loh-thruh p] /ˈloʊ θrəp/ (Show IPA), 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.
  • judgemental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
  • junk mailer — an organization that sends junk mail in bulk, especially to solicit business or charitable contributions.
  • junk market — the market for junk bonds
  • juramentado — (formerly) a Muslim, especially a Moro, bound by an oath to be killed fighting against Christians and other infidels.
  • jure humano — by human law.
  • jus gentium — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
  • kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
  • keelboatman — a member of the crew of a keelboat.
  • kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
  • kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
  • khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
  • kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
  • kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
  • kinesimeter — An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
  • kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
  • kitten moth — any of three prominent moths, notably the poplar kitten (Furcula bifida), that have larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
  • ladies' man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
  • lake salmon — landlocked salmon.
  • lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
  • lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
  • lamellation — an arrangement or structure in which there are thin layers, plates, or scales.
  • lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
  • lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
  • lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
  • laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
  • lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
  • lan manager — (operating system)   Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
  • land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
  • last minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
  • last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
  • latent time — the time from the onset of a stimulus to that of the response
  • lautreamontComte de (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) 1846–70, French poet, born in Uruguay.
  • leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
  • leflunomide — An inhibitor of pyrimidine synthesis, used to treat some forms of arthritis.
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