12-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indemnitors' — a person or company that gives indemnity.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indo-iranian — a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups.
- indoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indricothere — a long-necked, long-legged, fossil mammal, Indricotherium transouralicum, related to the rhinoceros and existing 10 to 30 million years ago, possibly the largest and heaviest land mammal.
- infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- injury-prone — often sustaining injuries
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- innervations — Plural form of innervation.
- innutritious — (of food) lacking in nutrients; not nourishing.
- inobservable — Unobservable.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- inordination — inordinateness
- inquartation — (in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold-silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid.
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- inscriptions — Plural form of inscription.
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- inspirations — Plural form of inspiration.
- instauration — renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
- instructions — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- inteneration — A softening.
- inter-office — functioning or communicating between the offices of a company or organization; within a company: an interoffice memo.