7-letter words containing i, m, p, a
- lampuki — a large marine fish, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis
- lempira — a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- lipemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipmann — Fritz Albert, 1899–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
- lipomas — Plural form of lipoma.
- maclisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed at MIT AI Lab in 1966, known for its efficiency and programming facilities. MacLisp was later used by Project MAC, Mathlab and Macsyma. It ran on the PDP-10. It introduced the LEXPR (a function with variable arity), macros, arrays, and CATCH/THROW. MacLisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being Interlisp). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both.
- magilph — Alternative form of megilp.
- magpies — Plural form of magpie.
- maintop — a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- malpais — Southwestern U.S. an extensive area of rough, barren lava flows.
- maniple — (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- manipur — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- manship — The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
- maplike — Having the characteristics of a map.
- mapping — function
- mappist — (archaic) cartographer.
- mapwise — from a mapping point of view
- marlpit — (dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
- maximop — "Job Control Languages: MAXIMOP and CAFE", J. Brandon, Proc BCS Symp on Job Control Languages--Past Present and Future, NCC, Manchester, ENgland 1974.
- medigap — (sometimes initial capital letter) private health insurance that supplements coverage for people already covered by government insurance.
- meropia — partial blindness.
- mid-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of between $1 billion and $5 billion.
- mindmap — Alternative spelling of mind map.
- mishaps — Plural form of mishap.
- mispage — page wrongly
- mispaid — Simple past tense and past participle of mispay.
- mispart — to part wrongly
- misplan — (transitive) To plan badly or incorrectly.
- misplay — a wrong or bad play.
- mixtape — a recording on a cassette tape, CD, or digital medium, consisting of music or songs selected by a single person: My boyfriend made me the greatest mixtape for my birthday.
- morphia — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- naptime — a time set aside for taking a nap; a period during which one naps.
- oilcamp — a camp for oil workers
- olympia — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- optimal — Best or most favorable; optimum.
- pallium — a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
- palmiet — a South African rush
- palming — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- palmira — a city in W Colombia.
- panicum — any of the grasses in the genus Panicum, including panic grass
- pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- pembina — highbush cranberry.
- pemican — dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
- permian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era occurring from about 280 to 230 million years ago and characterized by a profusion of amphibian species.
- pessima — the lowest or worst state of affairs
- phasmid — any insect of the order Phasmida, comprising the walking sticks and leaf insects.
- pianism — the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- picamar — a hydrocarbon oil extracted from beechwood tar
- pickmaw — a type of gull with a black head
- pikeman — a soldier armed with a pike.