14-letter words containing m, o, r, s
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
- immiserisation — the process of immiserising
- immiserization — the process of immiserizing
- immoderateness — The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
- immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
- immunosuppress — (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- impersonations — Plural form of impersonation.
- imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- impressionists — Plural form of impressionist.
- improvisations — Plural form of improvisation.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- insertion mark — a symbol used to show that a missing letter or symbol should be inserted
- inspirationism — a belief in some form of divine inspiration, esp the belief that Christian Scripture was divinely inspired
- 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.
- intensitometer — a device used to measure x-ray intensity in radiography in order to determine correct exposure time.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- 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)
- johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
- kamloops trout — a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
- karakoram pass — a high pass (5575 m (18 290 ft)) that crosses the Karakoram mountains in N Kashmir
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- lemon squeezer — tool for extracting juice from lemons
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms