9-letter words containing i, n, s, o
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- islington — a borough of N London, England.
- islomania — an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality for islands
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isoclinal — of or relating to equal direction of inclination; inclining or dipping in the same direction.
- isoclines — Plural form of isocline.
- isoclinic — of or relating to equal direction of inclination; inclining or dipping in the same direction.
- isoenzyme — isozyme.
- isogenous — of the same or similar origin, as parts derived from the same or corresponding tissues of the embryo.
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isokontan — an alga whose zoospores have equal cilia
- isolating — isolated; alone.
- isolation — an act or instance of isolating.
- isolectin — Any of a number of closely related lectins that are difficult to separate, and act together.
- isoniazid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 7 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- isopycnic — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- isoquants — Plural form of isoquant.
- issigonis — Sir Alec (Arnold Constantine). 1906–88, British car designer born in Smyrna. He is noted for his designs for the Morris Minor (1948) and the Mini (1959)
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jargonist — a user of jargon
- jenkinson — Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1770–1828, British statesman: prime minister 1812–27.
- jettisons — Plural form of jettison.
- jointings — Plural form of jointing.
- jointless — without a joint; lacking a joint.
- jointness — The state or quality of being joint.
- jointress — a woman on whom a jointure has been settled.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- jolliness — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- jonsonian — Ben, 1573?–1637, English dramatist and poet.
- josephine — Empress (Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie) Beauharnais, Joséphine de.
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- jowliness — the feature of having large jowls or a prominent jaw
- junctions — Plural form of junction.
- juvenoids — Plural form of juvenoid.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- kinetosis — any condition caused by motion of the body, as seasickness.
- king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
- kingbolts — Plural form of kingbolt.