15-letter words containing i, n, d, u
- homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
- household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
- human condition — mortality
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydroxonium ion — a positive ion, H3O+, formed by the attachment of a proton to a water molecule: occurs in solutions of acids and behaves like a hydrogen ion
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- i don't suppose — You can say 'I don't suppose' as a way of introducing a polite request.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunodeficient — Exhibiting immunodeficiency.
- immunodiagnosis — serodiagnosis.
- immunodiffusion — any of various analytical techniques that involve antigen and antibody solutions diffusing toward each other in a gel until antibody binds specifically to antigen to form a precipitate.
- immunomodulator — a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- in high dudgeon — If you say that someone is in high dudgeon, you are emphasizing that they are very angry or unhappy about something.
- in honour bound — under a moral obligation
- in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
- in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubility — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- individualising — Present participle of individualise.
- individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- individualizing — Present participle of individualize.
- indubitableness — The quality of being indubitable.
- induction motor — a type of electric motor in which alternating current from a power source is fed through a primary winding and induces a current in a secondary winding, with the parts arranged so that the resulting magnetic field causes a movable rotor to rotate with respect to a fixed stator.
- industrial arts — (used with a plural verb) the methods of using tools and machinery, as taught in secondary and technical schools.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- industriousness — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- injudiciousness — The state or condition of being injudicious.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubordination — the quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance: The employee was fired for insubordination.
- interindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.