9-letter words containing m, s, e, r, i
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- imageries — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- immersing — to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- immersion — an act or instance of immersing.
- immersive — noting or relating to digital technology or images that actively engage one's senses and may create an altered mental state: immersive media; immersive 3D environments.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- importers — Plural form of importer.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- impressed — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- impresser — to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion: He impressed us as a sincere young man.
- impresses — Plural form of impress.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- incoterms — Plural form of incoterm.
- informers — Plural form of informer.
- innermost — farthest inward; inmost.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- intermesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- intermits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermit.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- isomerase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
- isomerize — (chemistry) to convert a compound into a different isomeric form.
- isomerous — having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- jeremiads — Plural form of jeremiad.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kaiserism — autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.
- kermesite — a mineral, antimony oxysulfide, Sb 2 S 2 O, occurring usually in tufts of red capillary crystals.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- limericks — Plural form of limerick.
- listerism — an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- magisters — Plural form of magister.