12-letter words containing m, i, n, a
- intermarried — Simple past tense and past participle of intermarry.
- intermarries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermarry.
- intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intermediary — an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- intermediate — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- intermercial — interstitial
- interminable — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- interminably — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- intermontane — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- intimateness — Quality of being intimate.
- intimidating — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intimidation — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intra-atomic — within an atom or atoms.
- intracompany — occurring within a company, especially between employees or branches of the company.
- intralaminar — Within a lamina.
- intraluminal — Within a lumen.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- intramurally — In an intramural manner.
- irritainment — Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets more than or as much as it entertains, whether unintentionally or by design.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isolationism — the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jamal ud-din — (Jamal ud-Din al-Afghani) 1838–97, Muslim educator and political leader, born in Persia: founder of modern Pan-Islamism.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- jasmine rice — an aromatic, flavorful long-grain rice of Asia, especially Thailand.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kath and kim — a personification of the White population of middle Australia
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- labia minora — female genitals: inner folds of skin
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lamentations — the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.