12-letter words containing s, i, n, c, e
- in-residence — assigned to a staff position in an institution such as a college or university, while allowed sufficient time to pursue one's own professional work, study, or research (usually used in combination): a poet-in-residence at the university.
- inabstinence — a lack of abstinence or abstention
- inaccessible — Unable to be reached.
- inaccessibly — In an inaccessible manner.
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
- incalescence — The state of being incalescent, or growing warm.
- incandescent — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- incapacities — Plural form of incapacity.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incarcerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incarcerate.
- incendiaries — Plural form of incendiary.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- incense tree — any of various trees, as Boswellia carteri or those of the genus Protium, yielding an aromatic gum resin that is burned as incense.
- incentivised — Simple past tense and past participle of incentivise.
- incentivises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incentivise.
- incentivizes — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- incinerators — Plural form of incinerator.
- incisiveness — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- inclemencies — (of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incognisance — Alternative spelling of incognizance.
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- incompetents — Plural form of incompetent.
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- inconsistent — lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: an inconsistent story.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsonance — Lack of consonance or harmony; disagreement.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- increasement — (rare) An increase; growth.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- indecisively — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indehiscence — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- indelicacies — Plural form of indelicacy.
- indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.
- indirectness — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- indiscipline — lack of discipline or control: a campus problem of student indiscipline.