13-letter words containing r, m, e, t
- indirect jump — (programming) A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inertial mass — the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity.
- infiltrometer — a device used to measure the infiltration capacity of a soil.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- infringements — Plural form of infringement.
- initial rhyme — beginning rhyme.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- instrumenting — Present participle of instrument.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- intemperately — given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
- inter-company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- inter-segment — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- interdominion — occurring between sovereign states of the Commonwealth
- interepidemic — Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
- interfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- interferogram — a photographic record of light interference patterns produced with an interferometer, used for recording shock waves and fluid flow patterns.
- interlacement — to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine: Their hands interlaced.
- interlaminate — to interlay or lay between laminae; interstratify.
- intermarginal — occurring or situated between two margins
- intermarriage — marriage between people of different religions, tribes, castes, ethnicities, or racial groups, as between a white person and a black person or between a Christian and a Muslim.
- intermarrying — Present participle of intermarry.
- intermeddling — Present participle of intermeddle.
- intermediated — Simple past tense and past participle of intermediate.
- intermediates — Plural form of intermediate.
- intermediator — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermembrane — situated between two membranes
- intermetallic — (inorganic chemistry) of, relating to, acting between, or comprising two or more metals.
- intermingling — Present participle of intermingle.
- intermissions — Plural form of intermission.
- intermittence — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermittency — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- intermountain — located between mountains or mountain ranges: an intermontane lake.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- internet worm — (networking, security) The November 1988 worm perpetrated by Robert T. Morris. The worm was a program which took advantage of bugs in the Sun Unix sendmail program, Vax programs, and other security loopholes to distribute itself to over 6000 computers on the Internet. The worm itself had a bug which made it create many copies of itself on machines it infected, which quickly used up all available processor time on those systems. Some call it "The Great Worm" in a play on Tolkien (compare elvish, elder days). In the fantasy history of his Middle Earth books, there were dragons powerful enough to lay waste to entire regions; two of these (Scatha and Glaurung) were known as "the Great Worms". This usage expresses the connotation that the RTM hack was a sort of devastating watershed event in hackish history; certainly it did more to make non-hackers nervous about the Internet than anything before or since.
- interpandemic — occurring between two pandemics
- interpermeate — to penetrate or pervade mutually or reciprocally
- interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- interstimulus — being, or relating to, the interval between the occurrence of two stimuli in a psychological experiment
- intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
- interterminal — occurring or existing between, or travelling between, transport terminals
- intradermally — within the dermis.
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- isobarometric — isobaric
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.