11-letter words containing s, i, m, l, a, r
- emperialism — Misspelling of imperialism.
- externalism — Excessive regard for outward form in religion.
- familiarise — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- formalising — Present participle of formalise.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalities — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- grimm's law — the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- immoralists — Plural form of immoralist.
- immortalise — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- imperialise — Alt form imperialize.
- imperialism — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- integralism — the belief that one's religious convictions should dictate one's political and social actions.
- internalism — The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis.
- intramurals — Plural form of intramural.
- iris family — the plant family Iridaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having bulbs, corms, or rhizomes, sword-shaped grasslike leaves, and usually showy flowers, and including the blackberry lily, crocus, freesia, gladiolus, and iris.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isoabnormal — isabnormal.
- isometrical — Dated form of isometric.
- james riley — James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- lacrimators — Plural form of lacrimator.
- lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- littermates — Plural form of littermate.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumbricalis — lumbrical.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mail server — 1. (tool, messaging) A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. (messaging) (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- mainlanders — Plural form of mainlander.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.