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19-letter words containing a, c, i, s

  • in consideration of — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
  • in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
  • in the catbird seat — If you say that someone is in the catbird seat, you think that their situation is very good.
  • in the second place — secondly
  • in-service training — training that is given to employees during the course of employment
  • incidental expenses — costs outside those budgeted
  • incommensurableness — (rare) Incommensurability.
  • inconsequentialness — The quality or state of being inconsequential.
  • indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
  • indirect addressing — indirect address
  • individualistically — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
  • industrial accident — an accident that happens to an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
  • industrial capacity — the amount of resources (workforce, factories, etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
  • industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
  • inelastic collision — a collision in which the total kinetic energy of the colliding bodies or particles is not the same after the collision as it was before (opposed to elastic collision).
  • information science — the study of the nature, collection, and management of information and of its uses, especially involving computer storage and retrievals.
  • information service — a service which provides information
  • inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
  • inprise corporation — Borland Software Corporation.
  • intensive care unit — the specialized center in a hospital where intensive care is provided. Abbreviation: ICU.
  • interchangeableness — Quality of being interchangeable.
  • interdisciplinarity — Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
  • interesterification — transesterification.
  • interfacial tension — the surface tension at the interface of two liquids.
  • intergalactic space — the region of physical space that exists between galaxies. The density is negligible, and close to an almost total vacuum
  • interlaced scanning — a system of scanning a television picture, first along the even-numbered lines, then along the odd-numbered lines, in one complete scan
  • intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
  • internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
  • internal resistance — the resistance within a battery, or other voltage source, that causes a drop in the source voltage when there is a current.
  • internal-combustion — of or relating to an internal-combustion engine.
  • intersecting arcade — interlacing arcade.
  • intervertebral disc — any of the cartilaginous discs between individual vertebrae, acting as shock absorbers
  • intracutaneous test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
  • invasion of privacy — an encroachment upon the right to be let alone or to be free from publicity.
  • isenheim altarpiece — an altarpiece (1510?–15?) painted by Matthias Grünewald.
  • italian east africa — a former Italian territory in E Africa, formed in 1936 by the merging of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland with newly conquered Ethiopia: taken by the British Imperial forces 1941.
  • jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
  • jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
  • japanese black pine — a pine, Pinus thunbergiana, of Japan, grown as a seaside ornamental in the U.S.
  • jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
  • job creation scheme — a governmental scheme to increase the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc
  • joint-stock company — an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
  • juan de fuca strait — strait between Vancouver Island and NW Wash.: c. 100 mi (161 km) long
  • judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
  • junction transistor — a bipolar transistor consisting of two p-n junctions combined to form either an n-p-n or a p-n-p transistor, having the three electrodes, the emitter, base, and collector
  • karachai-cherkessia — a constituent republic of W Russia, on the N side of the Caucasus Mountains. Capital: Cherkessk. Pop: 439 700 (2002). Area: 14 100 sq km (5440 sq miles)
  • keep one's distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
  • king charles's head — a fixed idea; personal obsession
  • king's remembrancer — (in Great Britain) a judiciary official who collects debts owed to the king.
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