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14-letter words containing a, g, e, n, t, r

  • iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
  • image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • insanely great — (Macintosh community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD Unix people via Bill Joy) Something so incredibly elegant that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of hacker-natures.
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • integrated day — teaching that is organized around themes, rather than separate subjects
  • integrationist — a person who believes in, supports, or works for social integration.
  • inter-regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • interchangable — Misspelling of interchangeable.
  • interdigitated — Simple past tense and past participle of interdigitate.
  • intergradation — the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
  • interior angle — an angle formed between parallel lines by a third line that intersects them.
  • interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
  • interlingually — in an interlingual manner
  • intermediating — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • intermigration — reciprocal migration; interchange of habitat by migrating groups.
  • interrogations — Plural form of interrogation.
  • interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
  • intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
  • interwreathing — Present participle of interwreathe.
  • intransigeance — intransigence
  • intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
  • jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
  • joint mortgage — a loan of money from a bank or building society to buy a house which two or more people are jointly responsible for repaying
  • jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
  • kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
  • lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • lathing hammer — a hatchet having a small hammer face for trimming and nailing wooden lath.
  • lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • leading rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable but junior to that of a corporal in the army
  • leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
  • left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • linkage editor — linker
  • linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
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