17-letter words containing n, i, e, t
- in a fit of pique — If someone does something in a fit of pique, they do it suddenly because they are annoyed at being not treated properly.
- in a/the minority — If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group.
- in line/into line — If you keep someone in line or bring them into line, you make them obey you, or you make them behave in the way you want them to.
- in one's own time — outside paid working hours
- in recognition of — If something is done in recognition of someone's achievements, it is done as a way of showing official appreciation of them.
- in seventh heaven — ecstatically happy
- in sth's entirety — If something is used or affected in its entirety, the whole of it is used or affected.
- in the altogether — wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- in the event that — if it happens that
- in the family way — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- in the front line — Someone who is in the front line has to play a very important part in defending or achieving something.
- in the market for — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- in the past tense — using a past tense verb
- in the process of — If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
- in the public eye — featured prominently in the media
- in the same canoe — of the same tribe
- in the wilderness — If politicians or other well-known people spend time in the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
- in there pitching — taking part with enthusiasm
- in/into disrepair — If something is in disrepair or is in a state of disrepair, it is broken or in bad condition.
- in/out of keeping — If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
- in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
- inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
- inappropriateness — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- incandescent lamp — a lamp that emits light due to the glowing of a heated material, especially the common device in which a tungsten filament enclosed within an evacuated glass bulb is rendered luminous by the passage of an electric current through it.
- 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.
- income inequality — a situation in which there is great disparity in income within a society
- incompatibilities — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incomplete flower — a flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.
- incompressibility — The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure.
- inconsequentially — The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence.
- inconsiderateness — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- incremental value — increased value measured on an index or scale
- incubation period — the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
- indecent exposure — the intentional exposure of one's body's privates in a manner that gives offense against accepted or prescribed behavior.
- indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
- indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
- indefinite number — a variable or unspecified number.
- independent audit — an audit of a company conducted by accountants from an outside accounting firm (distinguished from internal audit).
- independent axiom — in a set of axioms, one that cannot be proved by using the others in the set.
- indestructibility — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indeterminateness — The quality of being indeterminate.
- indian restaurant — a restaurant that serves Indian food
- indian rope-trick — the supposed Indian feat of climbing an unsupported rope
- indian strawberry — a plant, Duchesnea indica, of the rose family, native to India, having yellow flowers and inedible fruit resembling strawberries.
- indicator species — See at indicator (def 6).
- indicial equation — an equation that is obtained from a given linear differential equation and that indicates whether a solution in power series form exists for the differential equation.
- indirect evidence — circumstantial evidence.
- indirect lighting — reflected or diffused light, used especially in interiors to avoid glare or shadows.
- indirect question — An indirect question is the same as a reported question.