9-letter words containing i, m, p, a
- impeccant — Without sin; impeccable.
- impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- impennate — (zoology) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
- implanted — Simple past tense and past participle of implant.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- implating — Present participle of implate.
- impleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of implead.
- impleader — a procedural method by which an original party to an action may bring in and make a claim against a third party in connection with the claim made against the original party.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- incompact — not compact; loose.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- inpayment — a sum of money paid into a bank account
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- liposomal — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- magmalisp — (language) The predecessor of Magma2.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- mail path — source route
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- main loop — (programming) The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the program's input events. See also driver.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- malpighia — (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.