13-letter words containing s, m, a, i, l
- imagistically — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- immarcescible — (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- immaterialise — Alt form immaterialize.
- immaterialism — the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- immaterialist — A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- immutableness — The state of being immutable; unchangeableness.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- impassability — The state or quality of being impassable.
- impassibility — The state or condition of being impassible.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- implantations — Plural form of implantation.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in real terms — You can also talk about the cost or value of something in real terms.
- inassimilable — That cannot be assimilated.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
- industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
- inertial mass — the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity.
- infallibilism — the principle of papal infallibility
- infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
- inflammations — Plural form of inflammation.
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- invisible man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- islamic state — an Islamist terrorist organization, formed in the early 21st century, whose aim is to create a caliphate in the Middle East and N Africa
- islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
- ismaticalness — the quality of following isms or fashionable doctrines
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isosmotically — With the same osmotic pressure.
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.