17-letter words containing i, l, t, e, y
- impressionability — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- in the family way — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- in the public eye — featured prominently in the media
- income inequality — a situation in which there is great disparity in income within a society
- incompressibility — The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure.
- inconsequentially — The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence.
- indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
- indestructibility — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- instrument flying — the control and navigation of an aircraft by reference to its gauges, with no or only limited visual reference outside the cockpit.
- interdisciplinary — combining or involving two or more academic disciplines or fields of study: The economics and history departments are offering an interdisciplinary seminar on Asia.
- interlibrary loan — a system by which one library obtains a work for a user by borrowing it from another library.
- intersectionality — the theory that the overlap of various social identities, as race, gender, sexuality, and class, contributes to the specific type of systemic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual (often used attributively): Her paper uses a queer intersectionality approach.
- intersubjectively — (philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects.
- intestinal bypass — the surgical circumvention, by anastomosis, of a diseased portion of the intestine; also sometimes used to reduce nutrient absorption in morbidly obese patients.
- intraspecifically — Between individuals of the same species.
- inventory control — the process of monitoring and adjusting the amount of items available, esp to avoid having too many or too few for current demand
- iontophoretically — By means of iontophoresis.
- irreconcilability — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- irreproducibility — The quality of not being reproducible.
- it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- jurisprudentially — In terms of jurisprudence.
- kansas city style — a style of jazz developed in Kansas City, Mo., in the early 1930s, marked by a strong blues influence, the use of riffs as a characteristic formal device, and a less pronounced beat than that of the New Orleans or Chicago style of jazz.
- kidney transplant — surgery to replace a kidney
- lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
- lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
- ladybird (beetle) — ladybug
- latter-day saints — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- lautenclavicymbal — a harpsichord with strings of gut rather than metal.
- lead acid battery — A lead acid battery is a 12-volt battery for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles consisting of lead-acid cells in series.
- legal aid society — an organization providing free legal guidance and service to persons who cannot afford a lawyer.
- liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
- life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
- lifestyle disease — a disease that potentially can be prevented by changes in diet, environment, and lifestyle, such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, and osteoporosis
- light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kg).
- limited liability — a liability restricted by law or contract, as the liability of owners of shares in a corporation or limited company, or that of a special partner.
- literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
- literary executor — a person entrusted with the publishable works and other papers of a deceased author.
- lithium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, LiOH, used to absorb carbon dioxide, especially in spacesuits.
- livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
- low-velocity zone — a layer or zone in the earth in which the velocity of seismic waves is slightly lower than in the layers above and below. The asthenosphere is thought to be such a zone
- lower forty-eight — the forty-eight conterminous states of the United States
- lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
- lymphocytopoiesis — Lymphopoiesis.
- macroevolutionary — Pertaining to, or as a result of macroevolution.
- magnetoelasticity — the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.
- mains electricity — electricity supplied to a building through wires
- manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
- marriage equality — the state of having the same rights and responsibilities of marriage as others, regardless of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
- materialistically — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.