13-letter words containing i, n, s, t, o
- intravasation — the entrance of foreign matter into a blood vessel of the body.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- introductions — Plural form of introduction.
- introgressant — an individual resulting from introgression
- introgression — the introduction of genes from one species into the gene pool of another species, occurring when matings between the two produce fertile hybrids.
- introgressive — Producing introgression.
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspection — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- introspective — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- introversible — able to be introverted
- invaginations — Plural form of invagination.
- inverted snob — a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class
- investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- investigators — Plural form of investigator.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- inviolateness — The state of being inviolate.
- invitationals — Plural form of invitational.
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- irrationalise — Alt form irrationalize.
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- irrationalist — One who is irrational in their beliefs or ideas.
- irreligionist — One who is irreligious.
- island nation — a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- isoelectronic — noting or pertaining to atoms and ions having an equal number of electrons.
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- isolationists — Plural form of isolationist.
- isomerization — (chemistry) the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form.
- isoproterenol — a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, C 11 H 17 NO 3 , used as a bronchodilator.
- isotopic spin — a quantum number that is related to the number of different values of electric charge that a given kind of baryon or meson may have. Symbol: I.
- jasperization — The act or process of jasperizing.
- jejunostomies — Plural form of jejunostomy.
- joint custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which two or more people share responsibility.
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- joint session — a joint meeting, as of both houses of a bicameral legislature: The president addressed a joint session of Congress on the crisis in Central America.
- joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- jurisconsults — Plural form of jurisconsult.
- jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- juxtaposition — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtoposition — Misspelling of juxtaposition.
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kidney stones — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.