15-letter words containing r, e, a, o
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- ibero-maurusian — of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- in the majority — the largest group
- in vino veritas — in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunk
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- inappropriately — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- 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.
- indetermination — the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
- indian licorice — rosary pea.
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
- inflation rider — An inflation rider is a rider that can be added to a long-term care insurance plan that adjusts the benefits over time to allow for inflation.
- information age — a period beginning about 1975 and characterized by the gathering and almost instantaneous transmission of vast amounts of information and by the rise of information-based industries.
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- initiation rite — something done as part of initiation
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- instrumentation — the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- integrationists — Plural form of integrationist.
- 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.
- interdigitation — An interlinking that resembles the fingers of two hands being locked together.