5-letter words containing i, m, e
- hemin — the typical, microscopic reddish-brown crystals, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl, resulting when a sodium chloride crystal, a drop of glacial acetic acid, and some blood are heated on a slide: used to indicate the presence of blood.
- hiems — winter
- himem — (software, storage) An IBM PC extended memory manager, part of MS-DOS version 5.00 or higher. HIMEM can also act as an A20 handler.
- himes — Chester (Bomar) [boh-mer] /ˈboʊ mər/ (Show IPA), 1909–84, U.S. novelist.
- homie — a homeboy or homegirl.
- hymie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jewish male.
- ileum — Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- image — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imake — A tool which generates Makefiles from a template, a set of cpp macros, and a per-directory input file called an Imakefile. This allows machine dependencies (such has compiler options, alternate command names, and special make rules) to be kept separate from the descriptions of the various items to be built. imake is distributed with, and used extensively by, the X Window System.
- imare — Institute of Marine Engineers
- imbed — embed.
- imbue — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- imena — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imide — a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- imine — a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- immew — Alternative form of emmew.
- immie — agate (def 2).
- imped — a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- impel — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- imper — imperative
- impex — (business,in company names) import and export.
- imune — Institution of Municipal Engineers
- inerm — (of plants) without thorns or prickles
- items — Plural form of item.
- jamie — a male given name, form of James.
- limed — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limen — threshold (def 4).
- limer — (obsolete) A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.
- limes — a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
- limey — a British sailor.
- maide — Obsolete spelling of maid.
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maine — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- maire — a tall native New Zealand tree, olea cunninghami, with dark brown wood
- maise — a measure of herring
- maize — (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1 (def 1).
- mamie — a female given name, form of Mary.
- marie — (Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- matie — a student at the University of Stellenbosch, esp one representing the University in a sport
- mbeki — Thabo [tah-boh] /ˈtɑ boʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1942, South African economist and politician: president of the Republic of South Africa 1999–.
- mebi- — denoting 220
- medi- — medio-
- media — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- medic — any plant belonging to the genus Medicago, of the legume family, having trifoliate leaves and grown as a forage crop.
- medii — the middle finger.
- medit — Mediterranean
- meier — Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meigs — Fort. Fort Meigs.
- meiji — the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Mutsuhito from 1868 to 1912.
- meiny — Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.