13-letter words containing i, u, m
- inhomogeneous — lack of homogeneity.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- instrumenting — Present participle of instrument.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- intermountain — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interstimulus — being, or relating to, the interval between the occurrence of two stimuli in a psychological experiment
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- jejunostomies — Plural form of jejunostomy.
- jeune premier — the male juvenile lead in a play or movie.
- judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- jumping genes — transposon.
- jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- jus canonicum — canon law.
- just a minute — wait, stop
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- kuskokwim bay — an inlet of the Bering Sea in Alaska. Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
- lacrimal duct — either of two small ducts extending from the inner corner of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac.
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
- laurel family — the plant family Lauraceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees having simple, leathery leaves, aromatic bark and foliage, clusters of small green or yellow flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or drupe, and including the avocado, bay, laurels of the genera Laurus and Umbellularia, sassafras, spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and the trees that yield camphor and cinnamon.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- light quantum — photon.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lithium oxide — a white powder, Li 2 O, with strong alkaline properties: used in ceramics and glass.
- local maximum — maximum (def 4a).
- local minimum — minimum (def 5a).
- local-maximum — maximum (def 4a).
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- luminous flux — the rate of transmission of luminous energy: expressed in lumens.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- macadamia nut — edible seed