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16-letter words containing s, e, m, a, i

  • impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
  • impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
  • impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
  • imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
  • in general terms — generally, approximately
  • in heaven's name — You can use in heaven's name in questions beginning with 'what', 'when', 'who', 'why', 'when', and 'how' to add emphasis in a way that shows that you are very angry or surprised.
  • in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
  • in someone's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
  • incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
  • income statement — an accounting of income and expenses that indicates a firm's net profit or loss over a certain period of time, usually one year.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
  • infantile autism — a disorder appearing in children before the age of two and a half, characterized by lack of interest in others, impaired communication skills, and bizarre behavior, as ritualistic acts and excessive attachment to objects.
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
  • inmos transputer — transputer
  • installment plan — a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.
  • instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
  • instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
  • insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
  • inter-comparison — the act of comparing.
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • interest payment — a payment of interest on a loan or mortgage
  • interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
  • intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
  • interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
  • interministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
  • internationalism — the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good, sometimes as contrasted with nationalism, or devotion to the interests of a particular nation.
  • intertestamental — of or relating to the period between the close of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament.
  • intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
  • investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
  • irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
  • isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
  • kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
  • kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
  • karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
  • keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
  • king james bible — Authorized Version.
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • kiss and make up — be reconciled
  • kleptoparasitism — The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
  • lateral meristem — meristem located along the sides of a part, as a stem or root.
  • league champions — the team that has come top of the league
  • learner's permit — A learner's permit is a license that allows you to drive a vehicle before you have passed your driving test.
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