15-letter words containing s, o, c, e
- in/into ecstasy — If you are in ecstasy about something, you are very excited about it. If you go into ecstasies, you become very excited.
- incapaciousness — the quality of not having (sufficiently) great capacity
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- 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.
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- 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.
- inconsistencies — Plural form of inconsistency.
- inconveniencies — inconvenience.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
- injudiciousness — The state or condition of being injudicious.
- 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.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- 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.
- intussusception — a taking within.
- 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
- ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- irrevocableness — Quality of being irrevocable.
- isoamyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used in flavorings, perfumery, and as a solvent. Compare banana oil (def 1).
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.
- jerusalem cross — a cross whose four arms are each capped with a crossbar and often with a small Greek cross centered in each quadrant.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- job's comforter — a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages someone while attempting to be consoling.
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.