14-letter words containing d, i, t, e
- 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
- intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
- 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
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kindred spirit — likeminded person
- kinetheodolite — a type of theodolite containing a cine camera instead of a telescope and giving continuous film of a moving target together with a record of its altitude and azimuth: used in tracking a missile, satellite, etc
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- kitchen midden — a mound consisting of shells of edible mollusks and other refuse, marking the site of a prehistoric human habitation.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing-waiter — landwaiter.
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- 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.