14-letter words containing c, o, r, n, e, t
- 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
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interactionist — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- intercommunion — mutual communion, association, or relations.
- intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
- interconnected — to connect with one another.
- interconnector — That which interconnects.
- interconnexion — Dated form of interconnection.
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- intercorporate — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- intercorrelate — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- interelectrode — existing between multiple electrodes
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interjectional — Being or pertaining to an interjection.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- internal clock — biological clock.
- internucleonic — internuclear
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspections — Plural form of introspection.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- john c fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- knock together — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- know the score — understand the situation
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.