14-letter words containing r, u, n, t, i
- 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.
- interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
- internucleonic — internuclear
- interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- interrupt list — [MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown <[email protected]>. As of late 1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- interstructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- intertextually — In an intertextual way.
- intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
- intraarticular — (anatomy) Situated within a joint.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
- jesuits' resin — an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for brightening oil paintings, and formerly in medicine in the treatment of certain mucous-membrane conditions.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
- jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- latitudinarian — allowing or characterized by latitude in opinion or conduct, especially in religious views.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
- leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing