12-letter words containing i, n, s, o, c
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- iconoclastic — attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity: an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- in course of — in the process of
- in excess of — more than
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incantations — Plural form of incantation.
- incarnations — Plural form of incarnation.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- incinerators — Plural form of incinerator.
- inclinations — A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inclusionist — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Describing a wiki user who tends to favor the inclusion of questionable articles.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incognisance — Alternative spelling of incognizance.
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
- incompetents — Plural form of incompetent.
- inconcinnous — incongruous, not concinnous, inharmonious, discordant
- inconclusion — Lack of conclusion.
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- inconsistent — lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: an inconsistent story.
- inconsisting — (obsolete) inconsistent.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsonance — Lack of consonance or harmony; disagreement.