14-letter words containing r, e, d, s, i
- incredibleness — so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indeterminates — Plural form of indeterminate.
- index register — (processor) A register found in some CPUs, whose contents can be added to the address operand to give the effective address. Incrementing the index register then allows the program to access the next location in memory and so on, making it very useful for working with arrays or blocks of memory. Index registers first appeared around April 1949 in the Manchester Mark I. The Mark I's index register's contents were simply added to the entire instruction, thus potentially changing the opcode (see The story of Mel)!
- indian-wrestle — to engage in Indian wrestling: to Indian-wrestle for the city championship.
- indifferences' — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- indifferentism — systematic indifference.
- indifferentist — An advocate of indifferentism.
- indirect costs — a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.
- indiscerptible — not discerptible; indivisible.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- indiscreetness — Indiscretion.
- indiscriminate — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- inner hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interestedness — having an interest in something; concerned: Interested members will meet at noon.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kindred spirit — likeminded person
- kissing bridge — a covered bridge.
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- lower sideband — the frequency band below the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage