15-letter words containing e, s, t, i, m
- instant message — an electronic message sent in real time via the Internet and therefore immediately available for display on the recipient's screen. Compare text message.
- instrumentalism — the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience.
- instrumentalist — a person who plays a musical instrument.
- instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
- instrumentation — the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intemperateness — The quality of being intemperate.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interferometers — Plural form of interferometer.
- interim results — A company's interim results are the set of figures, published outside the regular times, that show whether it has achieved a profit or a loss.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- interventionism — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
- intransigentism — the policy or set of principles of an intransigent
- intransmissible — incapable of being transmitted
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
- isoamyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used in flavorings, perfumery, and as a solvent. Compare banana oil (def 1).
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- isthmus of suez — a strip of land in NE Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: links Africa and Asia and is crossed by the Suez Canal
- it is high time — If you say that it is high time that something happened or was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.
- italian jasmine — an evergreen shrub, Jasminum humile, of the olive family, having fragrant, golden-yellow flowers.
- james rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
- junior minister — politics
- l'istesso tempo — (of a musical passage or section following a change in time signature) at the same tempo as before.
- lake mistassini — a lake in E Canada, in N Quebec: the largest lake in the province; drains through the Rupert River into James Bay. Area: 2175 sq km (840 sq miles). Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
- laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- little bluestem — a North American forage grass, Schizachyrium scoparium, having wide often bluish blades.
- little missouri — a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- lower criticism — a form of Biblical criticism having as its purpose the reconstruction of the original texts of the books of the Bible.
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- mail user agent — (messaging) (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
- make a pit stop — to visit a restroom
- make no mistake — believe me, let me assure you