15-letter words containing n, i, c, e, y
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
- hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- identity crisis — a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- in/into ecstasy — If you are in ecstasy about something, you are very excited about it. If you go into ecstasies, you become very excited.
- inaccessibility — not accessible; unapproachable.
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indefectibility — The quality of being indefectible.
- indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indistinctively — without distinctive characteristics.
- ineffaceability — Quality of being ineffaceable.
- inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- intellectuality — the quality or state of being intellectual.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- intercolonially — in an intercolonial manner
- interculturally — pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures: intercultural exchanges in music and art.
- interdependency — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
- interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
- interjectionary — Interjectional.
- intracellularly — within a cell or cells.
- intracerebrally — Within the cerebrum.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
- keyes technique — a system of treating periodontal diseases by eliminating specific disease-related microorganisms, primarily through nonsurgical therapy that is regulated and adjusted in accordance with microscopic or cultural findings in subgingival plaque specimens.
- keying sequence — a sequence made up of letters or numbers that can encode or decode a polyalphabetic substitution cipher one letter at a time.
- kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.