12-letter words containing i, n, e, l
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- infinitively — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraclasses — Plural form of infraclass.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- initiatively — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
- inline image — (web) An image that appears within the body of a web page. Most graphical web browsers display images inline (with an option to turn off inline images, to speed up the display of web pages). Other image formats may have to be displayed in a separate window and/or by another application program. An inline image in a web page is specified with the
HTML tag, which can take many attributes, the most important of which is the SRC attribute that gives the URL from which to fetch the image. The ALT attribute gives text to display in place of the image for users with images disabled or who are using text-only browsers or text-to-speech convertors (e.g. blind users).
- inner circle — a small, intimate, and often influential group of people.
- inner planet — any of the four planets closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
- inner temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- innominables — trousers
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- inobediently — disobediently
- inobservable — Unobservable.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insolentness — Quality of being insolent.
- insolubilize — to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat.
- insomnolence — sleeplessness; insomnia: a troubled week of insomnolence.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- installments — Plural form of installment.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
- integralness — Integrality.
- intellection — the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
- intellective — having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- intelligible — capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear: an intelligible response.
- intelligibly — capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear: an intelligible response.
- intellimouse — Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
- inter-allied — between or among allied nations, especially the Allies of World War I.