| BIOMIMETIC | • biomimetic adj. Of, related to, or produced by biomimetics. • BIOMIMETIC adj. relating to biomimetics, the science of deriving useful structures and processes from the study of natural parallels. |
| EMPIRICISM | • empiricism n. (Medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience… • empiricism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge… • empiricism n. A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. |
| FEMININISM | • femininism n. (Rare) feminine behaviour. • FEMININISM n. an addiction to feminine ways. |
| GIMMICKIER | • gimmickier adj. Comparative form of gimmicky: more gimmicky. • GIMMICKY adj. having or being like a gimmick. |
| IMIPRAMINE | • imipramine n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound (trademark Tofranil) used to treat depression. • IMIPRAMINE n. an antidepressant drug also used in the treatment of enuresis. |
| IMMANITIES | • immanities n. Plural of immanity. • IMMANITY n. monstrous cruelty. |
| IMMISCIBLE | • immiscible adj. (Physics) Of two or more liquids that are not mutually soluble: unmixable. • IMMISCIBLE adj. not capable of being mixed or mingled. |
| IMMISERISE | • IMMISERISE v. to subject to immiseration, progressive impoverishment or degradation, also IMMISERIZE. |
| IMMISERIZE | • immiserize v. Synonym of immiserate. • IMMISERIZE v. to subject to progressive impoverishment or degradation, also IMMISERISE. |
| IMMOBILISE | • immobilise v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of immobilize. • IMMOBILISE v. to render immobile, also IMMOBILIZE. |
| IMMOBILIZE | • immobilize v. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. • immobilize v. To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it. • immobilize v. (Finance) To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. |
| IMMUNITIES | • immunities n. Plural of immunity. • IMMUNITY n. the state of being protected from disease. |
| LEGITIMISM | • legitimism n. The principles or plans of legitimists. • LEGITIMISM n. adherence to the principles of political legitimacy or to a person claiming legitimacy. |
| MILITIAMEN | • militiamen n. Plural of militiaman. • MILITIAMAN n. a member of a militia. |
| MINIMISERS | • minimisers n. Plural of minimiser. • MINIMISER n. one who minimises, also MINIMIZER. |
| MINIMIZERS | • minimizers n. Plural of minimizer. • MINIMIZER n. one who minimizes, also MINIMISER. |