15-letter words containing n, o, a, c, t
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- indemnification — the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
- indicator board — a device that shows information, such as the arrival and departure times of trains or planes
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- intercolonially — in an intercolonial manner
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
- interjectionary — Interjectional.
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- invitation card — a card given to someone to invite them to something
- ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
- irrationalistic — Of or relating to irrationalism.
- irritable colon — any combination of common disturbances of the bowel, as diarrhea or constipation, occurring with abdominal pain, sometimes accompanied by psychological stress. Abbreviation: IBS.
- isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- jack-o'-lantern — a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
- jnt association — (company) A non-profit company funded by the UK's advisory committee to manage and develop the UK national research network backbone. In 1970, the United Kingdom Computer Board commissioned Professor Mike Wells to report on UK university networking. As a result, on 1976-11-01, the Network Unit was created which in turn led to the creation in 1979 of a full-time Joint Network Team (JNT) and in 1982 to the creation of JANET. On 1993-12-10, the JNT Association was formed to develop and manage JANET for the education and research community.
- joint financing — the provision of funds for a project, etc, from two or more sources
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
- latent function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized.
- lateran council — any of the five ecumenical councils (1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, 1512–17) held in the Lateran Palace.
- latino-american — an American who is of Latin-American or Spanish origin
- latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.