14-letter words containing m, i, s, u
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- housing market — property trade
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
- immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
- immunosuppress — (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
- imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- indian mustard — leaf mustard.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- intuitionalism — intuitionism.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.