12-letter words containing p, e, r, m, i
- impressional — a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- impressments — Plural form of impressment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improperness — Quality of being improper.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in perpetuum — for ever
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inner temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- inspiritment — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- intemperance — excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercompare — (of members of a group) to compare each member against all other members
- isoperimeter — a figure whose perimeter is equal to that of another.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- keeping room — hall (def 11).
- lamp trimmer — a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- malimprinted — (of an animal or person) suffering from a defect in the behavioural process of imprinting, resulting in attraction to members of other species, fetishism, etc
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- manila paper — strong, light-brown or buff paper, originally made from Manila hemp but now also from wood pulp substitutes and various other fibers.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- market price — the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.