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15-letter words containing t, h, i, n, a

  • identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
  • immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
  • in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
  • in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • in a tight spot — in difficult situation
  • in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
  • in at the death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • in fine feather — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • in harness with — in cooperation with
  • in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
  • in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
  • in the box seat — in the best position
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the majority — the largest group
  • in the negative — by saying no
  • in the old days — a long time ago
  • in the same way — similarly
  • in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
  • inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
  • indian elephant — See under elephant.
  • indian hawthorn — a southern Chinese evergreen shrub, Raphiolepis indica, of the rose family, having shiny, leathery leaves and pinkish-white flowers in loose clusters.
  • indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
  • infants' school — kindergarten.
  • infeasible path — dead code
  • inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • interchangement — the act of interchanging
  • interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
  • john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
  • kitchen cabinet — a cupboard built into a kitchen or a chest of drawers for kitchen use, as for dishes and silverware.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • knight banneret — banneret1 (def 2).
  • knight errantry — the behavior, vocation, or character of a knight-errant.
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