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17-letter words containing i, n, s, u, l, e

  • inclusion complex — a solid solution in which molecules of one compound occupy places in the crystal lattice of another compound. Compare adduct (def 2).
  • inclusive fitness — the fitness of an individual organism as measured in terms of the survival and reproductive success of its kin, each relative being valued according to the probability of shared genetic information, an offspring or sibling having a value of 50 percent and a cousin 25 percent.
  • inconsequentially — The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence.
  • indestructibility — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
  • industrial design — the art that deals with the design problems of manufactured objects, including problems of designing such objects with consideration for available materials and means of production, of designing packages, bottles, etc., for manufactured goods, and of graphic design for manufactured objects, packages, etc.
  • industrial estate — industrial park.
  • industrial unrest — business: among employees
  • inexhaustibleness — The quality of being inexhaustible.
  • infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
  • institutionalised — to make institutional.
  • institutionalized — to make institutional.
  • institutionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institutionalize.
  • instrument flying — the control and navigation of an aircraft by reference to its gauges, with no or only limited visual reference outside the cockpit.
  • instrumentalities — Plural form of instrumentality.
  • insulin treatment — treatment of diabetes with insulin
  • insulin-dependent — of or relating to the type of diabetes that mainly affects young people
  • insupportableness — The state of being insupportable; insufferableness.
  • integral calculus — the branch of mathematics that deals with integrals, especially the methods of ascertaining indefinite integrals and applying them to the solution of differential equations and the determining of areas, volumes, and lengths.
  • intellectualising — Give an intellectual character to.
  • intellectualistic — Of or relating to intellectualism.
  • interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
  • intersubjectively — (philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects.
  • island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • jurisprudentially — In terms of jurisprudence.
  • juvenile diabetes — any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
  • kerguelen islands — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
  • lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
  • langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
  • latent strabismus — the tendency, controllable by muscular effort, for one or both eyes to exhibit strabismus.
  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • lebanon mountains — a mountain range extending the length of Lebanon, in the central part. Highest peak, 10,049 feet (3063 meters).
  • lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
  • leibniz mountains — a mountain range on the SW limb of the moon, containing the highest peaks (10 000 metres) on the moon
  • leizhou peninsula — a peninsula of SE China, in SW Guangdong province, separated from Hainan Island by Hainan Strait
  • leninsk-kuznetski — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia.
  • lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
  • limestone lettuce — a variety of lettuce derived from Bibb lettuce.
  • limousine liberal — a wealthy left-wing person
  • louisiana tanager — western tanager.
  • luggage insurance — insurance against the loss of luggage while travelling
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • marquesas islands — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
  • masculine caesura — a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable.
  • maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
  • mechanical tissue — a plant tissue made up of hard, thick-walled cells that add strength to an organ
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