17-letter words containing a, e, n, o, l
- improper integral — Also called infinite integral. a definite integral in which one or both of the limits of integration is infinite.
- in all likelihood — very probably
- in double harness — in a harness for two animals pulling the same carriage, plow, etc.
- in the altogether — wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
- incline one's ear — to listen favourably (to)
- income inequality — a situation in which there is great disparity in income within a society
- incompatibilities — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
- inconsequentially — The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence.
- indicial equation — an equation that is obtained from a given linear differential equation and that indicates whether a solution in power series form exists for the differential equation.
- indoleacetic acid — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 10 H 9 NO 2 , a natural plant hormone, used especially for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting.
- inertial observer — a hypothetical observer who is not accelerated with respect to an inertial system. Newton's laws of motion and the special theory of relativity apply to the measurements which would be made by such observers
- inertial platform — self-contained navigational devices used in inertial guidance, along with their mounting.
- inspector general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
- inspector-general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
- institutionalised — to make institutional.
- institutionalized — to make institutional.
- institutionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institutionalize.
- insupportableness — The state of being insupportable; insufferableness.
- integral equation — an equation in which an integral involving a dependent variable appears.
- integral function — an entire function.
- integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
- intel corporation — (company) A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking and communications products. Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce founded Intel in 1968 to design, manufacture, and market semiconductor computer memory to replace magnetic core memory, the dominant computer memory at that time. Dr. Andrew S. Grove joined Intel soon after its incorporation. Three years later, in 1971, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. Intel has design, development, production, and administration facilities throughout the western US, Europe and Asia. In 1995 nearly 75% of the world's personal computers use Intel architecture. Annual revenues are rapidly approaching $10 billion. In March, 1994, "Business Week" named Intel one of the top ten American companies in terms of profit, one of the top 15 market value winners, and 16th out of the magazine's top 1,000 companies overall. Intel invested a record $2.9 billion in capital and R&D in 1993, and expects to increase combined spending on these activities to $3.5 billion in 1994. Quarterly sales were $2770M and profits, $640M in Aug 1994. Address: Santa Clara, CA, USA.
- inter-correlation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- intercolumniation — the space between two adjacent columns, usually the clear space between the lower parts of the shafts.
- interconfessional — common to or occurring between churches having different confessions.
- intergenerational — of, relating to, or for individuals in different generations or age categories: intergenerational housing.
- intergovernmental — involving two or more governments or levels of government.
- interjectionalize — to make into an interjection.
- interlibrary loan — a system by which one library obtains a work for a user by borrowing it from another library.
- internal conflict — psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense: Hamlet's inaction is caused by internal conflict.
- internal relation — a relation between two entities such that if they had not been in this relation the nature of each would necessarily have been different.
- international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another.
- internationalists — Plural form of internationalist.
- internationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internationalize.
- internationalness — The state or condition of being international.
- interprofessional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- interrelationship — reciprocal relation.
- intersectionalism — The study of minorities within minorities, or intersections between minorities; specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination.
- intersectionality — the theory that the overlap of various social identities, as race, gender, sexuality, and class, contributes to the specific type of systemic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual (often used attributively): Her paper uses a queer intersectionality approach.
- intragovernmental — Within a government.
- iontophoretically — By means of iontophoresis.
- irrational number — a number that cannot be exactly expressed as a ratio of two integers.
- irreconcilability — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
- island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
- it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- john of lancaster — Duke of Bedford, 1389–1435, Bedford, John of Lancaster, Duke of.
- jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.