14-letter words containing c, a, t, e, n
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- identical twin — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
- identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- 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.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- impact printer — (printer) The earlier, noisier kind of printer where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "non-impact printer". Examples include line printer, daisy wheel printer, golf ball printer, dot matrix printer, Braille printer.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in countenance — calm; composed
- in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
- in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- inappreciative — not appreciative; lacking in appreciation.
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- incapabilities — not capable.
- incarcerations — Plural form of incarceration.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- income account — an account maintained for a particular item of revenue or income.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- incontrollable — uncontrollable.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementation — The act or process of incrementing.
- indelicateness — The quality of being indelicate; indelicacy.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indirect labor — labor performed, as by maintenance and clerical workers, that is not considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
- inexcitability — The quality of being inexcitable.
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- instant access — the ability or access to withdraw (money from a bank) whenever needed
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.