16-letter words containing i, l, a
- ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- icterine warbler — a European variety of tree warbler (Hippolais icterina )
- ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.
- illegitimateness — Quality of being illegitimate.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
- immediate family — parents, siblings, children
- immelmann (turn) — a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside-down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while reversing direction
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- immoral earnings — money earned from work that transgresses accepted moral or legal rules
- immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- immunomodulation — Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response.
- immunomodulatory — (medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
- immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
- immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
- imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
- imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).
- impracticability — The quality or condition of being impracticable.
- impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
- in a cleft stick — If you say that a person or organization is in a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do.
- in general terms — generally, approximately
- in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
- in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- in plain english — in clear and simple language
- in quadruplicate — in four identical copies
- in quintuplicate — in five identical copies
- in the long haul — in a future time
- in the meanwhile — until then, for now
- in-law apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
- inaccessibleness — The quality or state of being inaccessible or unreachable.
- inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
- inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incentive travel — a vacation awarded to employees as a bonus in order to motivate them.
- incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
- inclined railway — a cable railway used on particularly steep inclines unsuitable for normal adhesion locomotives
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
- inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
- inconsolableness — The quality of being inconsolable.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
- indecent assault — a sexual offense, other than rape, committed by one person against another.