12-letter words containing t, e, p, i
- interspersed — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- intersperses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intersperse.
- interspinous — located between spines, esp between the vertebrae
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- intrapreneur — an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.
- intraspecies — existing or occurring within a species.
- intrepidness — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- ip telephony — (communications) (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
- ipsedixitism — An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion.
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- irrepentance — Lack of repentance; impenitence.
- irrespective — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- isoperimeter — a figure whose perimeter is equal to that of another.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- isoteniscope — an instrument used to measure vapour pressure
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- itapetininga — a city in E Brazil.
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- jeu d'esprit — a witticism.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- keep in with — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep it real — avoid affectation
- keep up with — go as fast
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lamp trimmer — a sailor responsible for keeping the oil lamps of a ship burning brightly, especially the deck and navigation lamps.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- lateral lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.