11-letter words containing m, a, i, l
- installment — the act of installing.
- integralism — the belief that one's religious convictions should dictate one's political and social actions.
- interfamily — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- intermedial — occurring or situated between two points, extremes, places, etc
- intermutual — (obsolete) mutual.
- internalism — The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis.
- intervallum — an interval of time
- intradermal — within the dermis.
- intrafamily — Occurring within a family.
- intramurals — Plural form of intramural.
- iris family — the plant family Iridaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having bulbs, corms, or rhizomes, sword-shaped grasslike leaves, and usually showy flowers, and including the blackberry lily, crocus, freesia, gladiolus, and iris.
- irremovable — not removable.
- irremovably — So as not to be removable.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isle of man — Isle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
- isoabnormal — isabnormal.
- isometrical — Dated form of isometric.
- isoseismals — Plural form of isoseismal.
- itacolumite — a sandstone consisting of interlocking quartz grains and mica scales, found principally in Brazil and North Carolina, and noted for its flexibility in thin slabs.
- james riley — James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- junk mailer — an organization that sends junk mail in bulk, especially to solicit business or charitable contributions.
- kaffir lime — an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery.
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- kizil irmak — a river flowing N through central Turkey to the Black Sea. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lacrimators — Plural form of lacrimator.
- lacrimatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lactalbumin — the simple protein of milk, obtained from whey, used in the preparation of certain foods and in adhesives and varnishes.
- ladies' man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- lady's maid — a maid who is a woman's personal attendant, as in dressing.
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lamb's tail — burro's tail.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- lamebrained — a dunce; booby; fool.
- lamellation — an arrangement or structure in which there are thin layers, plates, or scales.
- lamellicorn — having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
- lamelliform — shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.
- lamentation — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminations — Plural form of lamination.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lammergeier — the largest Eurasian bird of prey, Gypaëtus barbatus, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.