14-letter words containing d, i
- inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
- inner hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- inner-directed — guided by internalized values rather than external pressures.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- inside passage — protected sea route along the W coast of North America, from Seattle, Wash., to the N part of the Alas. panhandle: the route uses channels and straits between islands and the mainland: c. 950 mi (1,529 km) long
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- 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
- intimidatingly — In an intimidating manner.
- into overdrive — into a state of intense activity
- intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
- intracardially — in an intracardial manner
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- 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.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- inward-looking — person
- ionian islands — a group of Greek islands including Corfu, Levkas, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Paxos, and Zante off the W coast of Greece, and Cerigo off the S coast.
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- iris diaphragm — a composite diaphragm with a central aperture readily adjustable for size, used to regulate the amount of light admitted to a lens or optical system.