16-letter words containing c, n, i
- inofficious will — a will inconsistent with the moral duty and natural affection of the testator, especially one denying the legitimate heirs the portions of the estate to which they are legally entitled.
- insect repellent — chemical that deters insects
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
- insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- integer specrate — SPECrate_int92
- intellectualised — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualise.
- intellectualized — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualize.
- intellectualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intellectualize.
- intellectualness — Quality of being intellectual.
- intensifications — Plural form of intensification.
- inter-comparison — the act of comparing.
- inter-packet gap — (networking) A time delay between successive data packets mandated by the network standard for protocol reasons. In Ethernet, the medium has to be "silent" (i.e., no data transfer) for a few microseconds before a node can consider the network idle and start to transmit. This is necessary for fairness reasons. The delay time, which approximately equals the signal propagation time on the cable, allows the "silence" to reach the far end so that all nodes consider the net idle.
- intercalibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
- interconnections — Plural form of interconnection.
- interconsonantal — immediately following a consonant and preceding a consonant, as the a in pat.
- intercontinental — between or among continents; involving two or more continents: intercontinental trade.
- interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- intercorrelation — 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.
- intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
- interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
- interculturalize — To format a subject so that it is culturally neutral.
- interdependences — Plural form of interdependence.
- interfacial area — The interfacial area is the total area of contact between two liquids in a liquid-liquid operation.
- interference fit — a match between the size and shape of two parts, such that force is required for assembly as one part is slightly larger than the other
- interhemispheric — of, relating to, or between hemispheres, as of the earth: interhemispheric cooperation.
- interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
- interlaced image — progressive coding
- internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- internet society — (body) (ISOC) A non-profit, professional membership organisation which facilitates and supports the technical evolution of the Internet, stimulates interest in and educates the scientific and academic communities, industry and the public about the technology, uses and applications of the Internet, and promotes the development of new applications for the system. The Society provides a forum for discussion and collaboration in the operation and use of the global Internet infrastructure. The Internet Society publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Internet Society News, and holds an annual conference, INET. The development of Internet technical standards takes place under the auspices of the Internet Society with substantial support from the Corporation for National Research Initiatives under a cooperative agreement with the US Federal Government.
- interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
- intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
- intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
- intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
- intrinsic parity — parity1 (def 4b).
- introspectionist — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- intussusceptions — Plural form of intussusception.
- inverse cosecant — arc cosecant.
- inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
- irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
- irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
- it's no accident — You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance.
- janet ip service — (networking) (JIPS) Joint Academic NETwork Internet Protocol. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- job satisfaction — Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job.