14-letter words containing n, o, i, e, r, t
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- interrogations — Plural form of interrogation.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
- intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
- intervariation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
- interventional — the act or fact of intervening.
- into overdrive — into a state of intense activity
- intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intolerantness — the quality or state of being intolerant
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspections — Plural form of introspection.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- iron meteorite — a meteorite that is composed mainly of iron and nickel
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irrationalness — The quality of being irrational.
- irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
- italian clover — crimson clover.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- joint mortgage — a loan of money from a bank or building society to buy a house which two or more people are jointly responsible for repaying
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- keratinization — Conversion into keratin or keratinous tissue.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
- lateralization — functional specialization of the brain, with some skills, as language, occurring primarily in the left hemisphere and others, as the perception of visual and spatial relationships, occurring primarily in the right hemisphere.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- liberalization — (US) The process or act of making more liberal.