14-letter words containing d, i, e, t, r
- 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
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- inner-directed — guided by internalized values rather than external pressures.
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- integrated day — teaching that is organized around themes, rather than separate subjects
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- inter-epidemic — Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
- interarytenoid — pertaining to either of two small cartilages on top of the cricoid cartilage at the upper, back part of the larynx.
- interconnected — to connect with one another.
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- interdependent — mutually dependent; depending on each other.
- interdepending — Present participle of interdepend.
- interdetermine — to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
- interdialectal — relating to, or existing between, different dialects
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interdigitated — Simple past tense and past participle of interdigitate.
- interelectrode — existing between multiple electrodes
- interestedness — having an interest in something; concerned: Interested members will meet at noon.
- intergradation — the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- intermediating — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermediation — the act of intermediating.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermodillion — a space between two modillions.
- internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
- internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
- interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
- into overdrive — into a state of intense activity
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- 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.
- inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irreducibility — (uncountable) The quality or degree of being irreducible.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kindred spirit — likeminded person
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- 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.
- lattice girder — a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.