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17-letter words containing n, o, e, t, s

  • inspector-general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
  • instantaneousness — Condition of being instantaneous.
  • institutionalised — to make institutional.
  • institutionalized — to make institutional.
  • institutionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of institutionalize.
  • insupportableness — The state of being insupportable; insufferableness.
  • integer specratio — SPECint92
  • integrated course — a course that covers several subjects
  • integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
  • integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
  • intercommunicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intercommunicate.
  • interconfessional — common to or occurring between churches having different confessions.
  • interfenestration — a space between two windows.
  • interior designer — a person whose profession is the execution of interior design.
  • interior minister — the minister who is responsible for domestic affairs
  • intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
  • internationalists — Plural form of internationalist.
  • internationalness — The state or condition of being international.
  • interprofessional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • interrelationship — reciprocal relation.
  • intersectionalism — The study of minorities within minorities, or intersections between minorities; specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination.
  • intersectionality — the theory that the overlap of various social identities, as race, gender, sexuality, and class, contributes to the specific type of systemic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual (often used attributively): Her paper uses a queer intersectionality approach.
  • into one's barrow — suited to one's interests or desires
  • introspectiveness — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • inverse cotangent — arc cotangent.
  • inversion casting — casting from an electric furnace inverted over the mold.
  • inversion therapy — a method used to stretch and align the body, especially the lower back, by suspending the entire body upside down from an apparatus that grips or supports the feet or knees.
  • inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
  • investment income — income arising from business investments
  • invisible exports — services sold to a foreign country or countries
  • invisible imports — imports of services rather than goods
  • irons in the fire — If someone has a lot of irons in the fire, they are involved in several different activities or have several different plans.
  • irrigation system — a system of supplying (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops
  • island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
  • isoelectric point — the pH at which a substance is electrically neutral or at which it is at its minimum ionization.
  • isotonic exercise — exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting a constant amount of weight at variable speeds through a range of motion.
  • it doesn't matter — You say 'it doesn't matter' to tell someone who is apologizing to you that you are not angry or upset, and that they should not worry.
  • it's now or never — If you say 'It's now or never', you mean that something must be done immediately, because if it is not done immediately there will not be another chance to do it.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
  • jehovah's witness — A Jehovah's Witness is a member of a religious organization which accepts some Christian ideas and believes that the world is going to end very soon.
  • job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
  • job specification — a detailed description of the qualifications, skills, and experience required for a particular post of employment
  • job-order costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
  • john of lancaster — Duke of Bedford, 1389–1435, Bedford, John of Lancaster, Duke of.
  • john of the cross — Saint (Juan de Yepis y Álvarez) 1542–91, Spanish mystic, writer, and theologian: cofounder with Saint Theresa of the order of Discalced Carmelites.
  • john wilkes booth — Ballington [bal-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • jus primae noctis — droit du seigneur.
  • karitane hospital — a hospital for young babies and their mothers
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