9-letter words containing i, u, m
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
- impudency — (now rare) Impudence.
- impugning — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- impulsing — Present participle of impulse.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- induement — The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment.
- infinitum — to infinity; endlessly; without limit.
- inhumanly — lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- intermure — to wall in
- intumesce — to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- inurement — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- inurnment — to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- ip number — internet address
- irrumatio — Alternative form of irrumation.
- isodomous — (in Greek history) relating to isodomon
- isogamous — having two similar gametes in which no differentiation can be distinguished, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to heterogamous).
- isomerous — having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- isthmuses — Plural form of isthmus.
- iudgement — Obsolete spelling of judgement.
- janiculum — a ridge near the Tiber in Rome, Italy.
- jesuitism — the system, principles, or practices of the Jesuits.
- jiggumbob — an indistinct thing; thingamabob
- joliotium — (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for dubnium.
- jotunheim — the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard.
- judgmatic — judicious.
- juice man — an extortionist.
- jumada ii — the sixth month of the Muslim year
- jumboized — Simple past tense and past participle of jumboize.
- 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.
- jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
- jump ship — to desert, esp to leave a ship in which one is legally bound to serve
- jump suit — a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- jumpiness — The state of being jumpy.
- jumpsuits — Plural form of jumpsuit.
- junk mail — unsolicited commercial mail or email.