14-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- inexpressibles — underwear
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
- infralapsarian — a person who believes in infralapsarianism.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- ingressiveness — Quality of being ingressive.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- 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.
- inquisiturient — keen to act as an inquisitor
- insanely great — (Macintosh community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD Unix people via Bill Joy) Something so incredibly elegant that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of hacker-natures.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- insertion mark — a symbol used to show that a missing letter or symbol should be inserted
- insertion sort — (algorithm) A sorting algorithm that inserts each item in the proper place into an initially empty list by comparing it with each item in the list until it finds the new element's successor or the end of the list. Compare bubble sort.
- 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.
- inspirationism — a belief in some form of divine inspiration, esp the belief that Christian Scripture was divinely inspired
- inspirationist — an adherent of inspirationism
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
- institutionary — of or relating to an institution or institutions; institutional.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insuppressible — incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- integrationist — a person who believes in, supports, or works for social integration.
- intelligencers — Plural form of intelligencer.
- intensitometer — a device used to measure x-ray intensity in radiography in order to determine correct exposure time.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interactionist — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- interestedness — having an interest in something; concerned: Interested members will meet at noon.
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.