14-letter words containing d, i
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- implied reader — the hypothetical reader that a work is addressed to, whose thoughts, attitudes, etc, may differ from an actual reader's
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- in a bad light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
- in addition to — as well as
- in defiance of — a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- in good season — early enough
- in holy orders — ordained
- in one's blood — If a quality or talent is in your blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
- in other words — that is to say
- in short order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- in this regard — on this point
- inadequateness — Inadequacy.
- inadvisability — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- inclined plane — one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- inconvenienced — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- incoordination — lack of coordination.
- incredibleness — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecisiveness — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- indeliberately — done without care; special planning or deliberation; unintentional.
- indelicateness — The quality of being indelicate; indelicacy.
- indemnity plan — An indemnity plan is a healthcare plan that allows policyholders to choose any healthcare provider they wish, and charges them a fee depending on the rules of the policy.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- independencies — Plural form of independency.
- independent of — without the support of
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indeterminable — not determinable; incapable of being ascertained.
- indeterminably — In an indeterminable manner.
- indeterminates — Plural form of indeterminate.
- index register — (processor) A register found in some CPUs, whose contents can be added to the address operand to give the effective address. Incrementing the index register then allows the program to access the next location in memory and so on, making it very useful for working with arrays or blocks of memory. Index registers first appeared around April 1949 in the Manchester Mark I. The Mark I's index register's contents were simply added to the entire instruction, thus potentially changing the opcode (see The story of Mel)!
- india pale ale — a pale-colored ale with a higher hops and alcohol content than average. Abbreviation: IPA.
- indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
- indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.