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15-letter words containing e, o, a, n

  • interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
  • interrogatories — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
  • interventionary — the act or fact of intervening.
  • intervisitation — the act of visiting.
  • intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
  • intraperitoneal — Within the cavity of the peritoneum.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • inversion layer — a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
  • inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
  • investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
  • involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • ipod generation — members of the generation of adults born after 1970, who are less financially secure than their parents, due to student debt, high house prices, and job insecurity
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • irrationalities — Plural form of irrationality.
  • irreconcileable — Alternative spelling of irreconcilable.
  • irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
  • irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
  • irvine dataflow — (language)   (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
  • italian spinone — a strongly-built gun dog with a wiry white coat and pendulous ears
  • ja well no fine — used to indicate reluctant acceptance
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • jack-o'-lantern — a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
  • jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
  • jalapeño pepper — hot Mexican chilli
  • japanese oyster — a commercial oyster, Ostrea gigas, of the Pacific coast of North America, introduced from Japan.
  • javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
  • je ne sais quoi — an indefinable, elusive quality, especially a pleasing one: She has a certain je ne sais quoi that charms everybody.
  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • jeffersonianism — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
  • jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
  • job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
  • john barleycorn — a personification of barley as used in malt liquor, of malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor.
  • johne's disease — a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.
  • joint agreement — a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people
  • joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • karaoke machine — a device that plays a prerecorded backing tape, to which people take it in turns to sing
  • keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
  • kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
  • keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
  • kernmantel rope — a rope made of many straight nylon fibres within a plaited sheath; used for its tensile strength, freedom from twisting, and elasticity
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