6-letter words containing i, n, t
- intron — a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros — Plural form of intro.
- intuit — Understand or work out by instinct.
- intune — To intone.
- inturn — an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- intuse — a contusion or bruise
- invect — (obsolete) To inveigh.
- invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
- invert — to turn upside down.
- invest — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invite — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- inwith — within
- ireton — Henry. 1611–51, English Parliamentarian general in the Civil War; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. His plan for a constitutional monarchy was rejected by Charles I (1647), whose death warrant he signed; lord deputy of Ireland (1650–51)
- isatin — a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- istana — (in Malaysia) a royal palace
- iténez — Guaporé
- ithunn — a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- itunes — a computer application enabling users to download music from the internet, create and order playlists, etc
- ivtran — Parallel Fortran for the Illiac IV. 1966.
- jitney — a small bus or car following a regular route along which it picks up and discharges passengers, originally charging each passenger five cents.
- joints — Plural form of joint.
- justin — a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “just.”.
- kation — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- kentia — Any palm tree in the genus Howea.
- kinate — Alternative form of quinate.
- kirtan — A call-and-response chant performed in India's devotional traditions.
- kistna — former name of Krishna (def 2).
- kiting — a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- kitten — a young cat.
- knight — Eric, 1897–1943, U.S. novelist, born in England.
- kunitz — Stanley, 1905–2006, U.S. poet and translator: U.S. poet laureate 2000–01.
- kutani — Japanese porcelain made in Kaga province in the late 17th century, often with both underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration; imitated in the 19th century.
- lactin — (obsolete) lactose.
- latina — of or relating to females of Latin-American descent: My mother is Latina. She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.
- latino — of or relating to people of Latin-American descent: Latino business owners; Latino audiences; the Latino community; Latino immigrants.
- lation — (astrology, obsolete) Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
- lclint — (tool, programming) A lint-like ANSI C source checker from MIT. If formal specifications are supplied (in a separate file), lclint can do more powerful checking to detect inconsistencies between specifications and code. Adding specifications enables further checking, types can be defined as abstract and lclint can detect inconsistent use of global variables; undocumented modification of client-visible state; inconsistent use of an uninitialised formal parameter; or failure to initialise an actual parameter.
- lectin — any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lenite — to undergo lenition; be pronounced with weakened articulation, as when the consonant sound p changes to b, b to v, or v to w.
- lenity — the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- lentic — pertaining to or living in still water.
- lentil — a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- leptin — a hormone that is thought to suppress appetite and speed up metabolism.
- let in — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- libant — touching lightly
- liftin — (Geordie) Stinky, noisome, putrid.
- linget — An ingot; a lingot.
- lingot — A linget or ingot.
- linnet — a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- linted — having or containing lint