Words Containing: I,M,S,I,E,S

• subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration

• the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature

• any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease

• the representation of another person's words in a speech

• a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

• a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

• (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)

• understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

• a young female

• A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).

• (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.

• To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

• To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.