17-letter words containing a, t, n

i wouldn't say no — You use 'I wouldn't say no' to indicate that you would like something, especially something that has just been offered to you.
i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
i'll thank you to — used ironically to intensify a command, request, etc
iambic pentameter — a verse line consisting of five metrical iambs
ichthyosarcotoxin — a term applied to any poison found in the flesh of poisonous fishes.
icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
icositetrahedrons — Plural form of icositetrahedron.
idiosyncratically — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
ignoratio elenchi — the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
illegal immigrant — a person who has entered a country illegally
illinois waterway — a waterway system in N Illinois made up of canals and rivers connecting Lake Michigan in Chicago with the Mississippi River. 336 miles (541 km) long.
illocutionary act — an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening
illusionistically — In an illusionistic manner.
image enhancement — a method of improving the definition of a video picture by a computer program, which reduces the lowest grey values to black and the highest to white: used for pictures from microscopes, surveillance cameras, and scanners
image intensifier — any of various devices for amplifying the intensity of an optical image, sometimes used in conjunction with an image converter
image recognition — (graphics, artificial intelligence) The identification of objects in an image. This process would probably start with image processing techniques such as noise removal, followed by (low-level) feature extraction to locate lines, regions and possibly areas with certain textures. The clever bit is to interpret collections of these shapes as single objects, e.g. cars on a road, boxes on a conveyor belt or cancerous cells on a microscope slide. One reason this is an AI problem is that an object can appear very different when viewed from different angles or under different lighting. Another problem is deciding what features belong to what object and which are background or shadows etc. The human visual system performs these tasks mostly unconsciously but a computer requires skillful programming and lots of processing power to approach human performance.
imitation doublet — a doublet formed entirely of glass.
immediate annuity — an annuity bought with a single premium, with payments to the annuitant to begin at the end of one payment period, as a month or a year.
immediate version — child version
immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
immunodiagnostics — the determination of immunologic characteristics of individuals, cells, and other biologic entities.
immunosuppressant — (pharmacology) Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
impersonalization — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
impersonification — (archaic) the act of impersonating; impersonation.
implosion therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
impracticableness — The state of being impracticable; impracticability.
impressionability — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
improper fraction — a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
improper integral — Also called infinite integral. a definite integral in which one or both of the limits of integration is infinite.
improvement grant — a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance the amelioration of a building, area of land, etc
improvisationally — In an improvisational way.
imputation system — a former taxation system in which some, or all, of the corporation tax on a company was treated as a tax credit on account of the income tax paid by its shareholders on their dividends; discontinued from 1999
in (great) demand — If someone or something is in demand or in great demand, they are very popular and a lot of people want them.
in a fit of pique — If someone does something in a fit of pique, they do it suddenly because they are annoyed at being not treated properly.
in a/the minority — If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group.
in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
in seventh heaven — ecstatically happy
in the altogether — wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
in the background — behind the focus of attention
in the event that — if it happens that
in the family way — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
in the market for — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
in the past tense — using a past tense verb
in the same canoe — of the same tribe
in/into disrepair — If something is in disrepair or is in a state of disrepair, it is broken or in bad condition.
in/out of fashion — If something is in fashion, it is popular and approved of at a particular time. If it is out of fashion, it is not popular or approved of.
in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
inappropriateness — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.

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