12-letter words containing m, l, n
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- inflammation — Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infundibulum — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inline image — (web) An image that appears within the body of a web page. Most graphical web browsers display images inline (with an option to turn off inline images, to speed up the display of web pages). Other image formats may have to be displayed in a separate window and/or by another application program. An inline image in a web page is specified with the
HTML tag, which can take many attributes, the most important of which is the SRC attribute that gives the URL from which to fetch the image. The ALT attribute gives text to display in place of the image for users with images disabled or who are using text-only browsers or text-to-speech convertors (e.g. blind users).
- inner temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- innominables — trousers
- insomnolence — sleeplessness; insomnia: a troubled week of insomnolence.
- installments — Plural form of installment.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- insulin pump — an external battery-powered device that injects insulin into the body at a programmed rate to control diabetes.
- intellimouse — Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
- interelement — a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interlaminar — composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- intermaxilla — (anatomy) premaxilla.
- intermeddled — Simple past tense and past participle of intermeddle.
- intermeddler — One who intermeddles.
- intermeddles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermeddle.
- intermercial — interstitial
- interminable — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- interminably — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- intermingled — Simple past tense and past participle of intermingle.
- intermingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermingle.
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- intralaminar — Within a lamina.
- intraluminal — Within a lumen.
- intramurally — In an intramural manner.
- inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- involvements — Plural form of involvement.
- 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
- jamal ud-din — (Jamal ud-Din al-Afghani) 1838–97, Muslim educator and political leader, born in Persia: founder of modern Pan-Islamism.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.