14-letter words containing s, c, r, i, e, n
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- indifferences' — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- 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.
- inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- 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.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- intelligencers — Plural form of intelligencer.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- 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.
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- interstructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intransigeance — intransigence
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspections — Plural form of introspection.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- inverse cosine — arc cosine.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
- kiss principle — /kis' prin'si-pl/ Keep It Simple, Stupid. A maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off creeping featurism and control complexity of development. Possibly related to the marketroid maxim on sales presentations, "Keep It Short and Simple". See also Occam's Razor.
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- 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.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.