14-letter words containing s, e, m, i, r
- imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- impressionists — Plural form of impressionist.
- impressiveness — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- 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.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indeterminates — Plural form of indeterminate.
- indifferentism — systematic indifference.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- insertion mark — a symbol used to show that a missing letter or symbol should be inserted
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insurmountable — 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.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- interpretivism — Antipositivism.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- 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.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- les miserables — a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour