13-letter words containing i, m, a, o
- import tariff — a tax or duty imposed on imported goods
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- impostumation — an abscess or swelling filled with pus
- improbability — the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.
- improvability — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- improvisatori — Plural form of improvisatore.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
- in mitigation — If someone, especially in a court, is told something in mitigation, they are told something that makes a crime or fault easier to understand and excuse.
- in moderation — not to excess
- inboard motor — a boat's motor that is situated within the hull
- incidentaloma — an abnormal lesion or tumor detected by chance during a medical imaging test, physical examination, or surgery.
- inclinatorium — an instrument invented by Robert Norman in 1576, used to determine the degree to which a magnetic needle dips towards the earth; a dipping needle
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- income stream — a flow of money into a business
- incommunicado — (especially of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inconformable — Obsolete form of unconformable.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- incrimination — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- incriminatory — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- indian almond — a Malayan tree, Terminalia catappa, having edible seeds, planted widely in the tropics as a street tree.
- indian mallow — Also called velvetleaf. an Asian plant, Abutilon theophrasti, of the mallow family, having velvety leaves and yellow flowers: it is cultivated in China for its jutelike fiber and has become naturalized as a weed in North America.
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- inflammations — Plural form of inflammation.
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informatician — a person who works or studies in the field of informatics
- informational — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- informatorily — in an informatory fashion
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- inharmonicity — the quality of being inharmonic
- inter-company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
- intermediator — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- intermountain — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
- interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
- intimidations — Plural form of intimidation.
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isobarometric — isobaric
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.