12-letter words containing c, o, i, n
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.
- indian ocean — an ocean S of Asia, E of Africa, and W of Australia. 28,357,000 sq. mi. (73,444,630 sq. km).
- indicational — providing an indication; indicative
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indo-pacific — of or relating to the areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans off the coast of SE Asia.
- indoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indoleacetic — as in indoleacetic acid, a naturally-occurring plant growth hormone
- indomethacin — a substance, C 19 H 16 ClNO 4 , with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties: used in the treatment of certain kinds of arthritis and gout.
- indricothere — a long-necked, long-legged, fossil mammal, Indricotherium transouralicum, related to the rhinoceros and existing 10 to 30 million years ago, possibly the largest and heaviest land mammal.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inimicitious — inimical
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- innocent iii — (Giovanni Lotario de' Conti) 1161?–1216, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1198–1216.
- innocent vii — (Cosimo de' Migliorati) 1336–1406, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1404–06.
- innocent xii — (Antonio Pignatelli) 1615–1700, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1691–1700.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- inscriptions — Plural form of inscription.
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- insomnolence — sleeplessness; insomnia: a troubled week of insomnolence.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- instructions — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- intellection — the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
- inter-office — functioning or communicating between the offices of a company or organization; within a company: an interoffice memo.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interactions — Plural form of interaction.
- interception — an act or instance of intercepting.
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.