9-letter words containing i, m, p, a
- empirical — Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
- emplacing — Present participle of emplace.
- emplastic — adhesive
- emptional — Capable of being purchased.
- encamping — Present participle of encamp.
- epidermal — Of or pertaining to the epidermis.
- epilimnia — upper layers of water in lakes
- epimerase — an enzyme that catalyses the interconversion of epimers
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epirrhema — the address in Greek comedy
- exampling — Present participle of example.
- exit ramp — a short roadway by which vehicles may leave a major highway
- film pack — a number of sheets of film arranged one over the other and connected so that they can be exposed successively.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- gimme cap — a visored cap decorated with the symbol or name of a product, company, etc.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hippodame — a sea horse
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypomania — a mania of low intensity.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- image map — (web) An image in an HTML document with "hot spots" which when clicked on in a suitable browser, act as anchors or links to other information. For example, an image of a map of the world might provide links to resources related to different countries. Clicking on a country would take the user to the relevant information.
- imp. gal. — imperial gallon
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- impacting — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impactite — a glassy or crystalline material composed of slag and meteoric materials, produced by the impact of a meteorite striking the earth.
- impactive — caused by impact: impactive pain.
- impairing — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- impaneled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- impartial — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- imparting — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impassion — to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.