15-letter words containing s, c, o, r, i
- hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- impressionistic — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- 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.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
- incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
- 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.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- instruction set — (architecture) The collection of machine language instructions that a particular processor understands. The term is almost synonymous with "instruction set architecture" since the instructions are fairly meaningless in isolation from the registers etc. that they manipulate.
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- insurrectionist — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- insurrectionize — to cause insurrection in (a country or the like).
- intellectronics — a field of study that seeks to develop electronic devices, as robots, that have humanlike intellect and skills.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interconversion — conversion of each of two things into the other; reciprocal conversion.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
- introsusception — intussusception.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
- irrationalistic — Of or relating to irrationalism.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- justice's court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.