16-letter words containing i, s, r

i'm sorry to say — You use the expression I'm sorry to say to express regret together with disappointment or disapproval.
ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
ice-cream supper — an ice-cream social held in the late afternoon or early evening.
ichthyophthirius — ich.
icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
if it wasn't for — If you talk about what would happen if it wasn't for someone or something, you mean that they are the only thing that is preventing it from happening.
image processing — (graphics) Computer manipulation of images. Some of the many algorithms used in image processing include convolution (on which many others are based), FFT, DCT, thinning (or skeletonisation), edge detection and contrast enhancement. These are usually implemented in software but may also use special purpose hardware for speed. Image processing contrasts with computer graphics, which is usually more concerned with the generation of artificial images, and visualisation, which attempts to understand (real-world) data by displaying it as an artificial image (e.g. a graph). Image processing is used in image recognition and computer vision. See also Pilot European Image Processing Archive.
immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
immersion course — an educational course that teaches a foreign language, and in which the lessons are entirely conducted in the foreign language
immersion heater — a small electric coil used to heat a liquid, as a cup of water, in which it is immersed.
immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
immoral earnings — money earned from work that transgresses accepted moral or legal rules
immunocompromise — (medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.
immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
immunosuppressor — (pharmacology) An immunosuppressive agent.
impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
imperceptiveness — The quality of being imperceptive.
imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
imperfectiveness — (grammar) The state or quality of being imperfective.
imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
impermissibility — The state or condition of being impermissible.
import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
in finite series — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are added successively in a given pattern; the sequence of partial sums of a given sequence.
in general terms — generally, approximately
in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
in so many words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
in the short run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
in the throes of — If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
in utero surgery — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
in--one-s--favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
incorrespondence — Lack of correspondence; failure to correspond or match up; disagreement; disproportion.
incorrigibleness — The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
indexing service — a service that indexes the contents of a number of publications for use in printed or machine-readable form.
indian wrestling — arm wrestling
indirect address — the address in a storage location that contains the actual machine address of a data item or of other information, as the next instruction, or that contains another indirect address.
indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.

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