10-letter words containing m, i, s
- intimacies — Plural form of intimacy.
- intumesced — Simple past tense and past participle of intumesce.
- invalidism — prolonged ill health.
- investment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- iridosmine — a native alloy of iridium and osmium, usually containing some rhodium, ruthenium, platinum, etc., used especially for the points of gold pens.
- irish moss — a purplish-brown, cartilaginous seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- ironmaster — the master of a foundry or ironworks; a manufacturer of iron.
- isabnormal — a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal deviation from the normal value of some meteorological quantity, as temperature.
- ishmaelite — a descendant of Ishmael, the traditional ancestor of the Arab peoples.
- islamicist — a specialist in the study of Islam
- isoaminile — a drug formerly used to suppress coughing. Formula: C16H24N2
- isochasmic — (of a line on a map) bounding areas of equal auroral frequency
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- isoenzymes — Plural form of isoenzyme.
- isogametes — one of a pair of conjugating gametes, exhibiting no differences in form, size, structure, or sex.
- isomerases — Plural form of isomerase.
- isomerized — (chemistry) converted from one isomer to another.
- isometrics — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- isoseismal — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isoseismic — noting or pertaining to equal intensity of earthquake shock.
- isosterism — Chemistry. the quality or state of being isosteric.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- isotopomer — (chemistry) any isomer of an organic compound differing only in the position of an isotope.
- isotropism — isotropy
- italianism — an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- james otis — Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- jamesonite — a metallic, dark-gray mineral, lead and iron antimony sulfide: formerly mined for lead.
- jiggermast — a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- john smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- jointworms — Plural form of jointworm.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- jump-shift — a jump bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kantianism — the philosophy of Kant, who held that the content of knowledge comes a posteriori from sense perception, but that its form is determined by a priori categories of the mind: he also declared that God, freedom, and immortality, although they cannot be proved or disproved, are necessary postulates of a rational morality
- karamanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kineticism — the quality or state of being kinetic.
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules