12-letter words containing e, t, i, o, l
- intercoastal — existing or done between seacoasts; involving two or more seacoasts.
- intercollege — intercollegiate.
- intercolline — (of a valley or hollow) situated between hills
- intercoolers — Plural form of intercooler.
- intercostals — Plural form of intercostal.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interfoliate — to interleave
- interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
- interinvolve — to involve mutually or reciprocally
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interlocuter — A person who participates in a conversation.
- interlocutor — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- internucleon — internuclear
- interorbital — Between orbitals.
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interpolator — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- into decline — If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
- intolerances — Plural form of intolerance.
- intolerantly — In an intolerant manner; without toleration.
- intoleration — (dated) intolerance.
- involvements — Plural form of involvement.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- ip telephony — (communications) (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irreflection — lack of careful or long consideration
- irresolutely — In an irresolute or wavering manner.
- irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
- isolated set — Mathematics. a set containing none of its accumulation points, consisting, therefore, of only isolated points.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joliot-curie — Irène [ee-ren] /iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), (Irène Curie) 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
- klein bottle — a one-sided figure consisting of a tapered tube the narrow end of which is bent back, run through the side of the tube, and flared to join the wide end, thereby allowing any two points on the figure to be joined by an unbroken line.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.