14-letter words containing n, e, c, s, a
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- instant access — the ability or access to withdraw (money from a bank) whenever needed
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interactionist — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intransigeance — intransigence
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- jackknife-fish — a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- jacques necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- japanese cedar — Japan cedar.
- japanese larch — a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
- lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lend-lease act — the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.