14-letter words containing t, r, i, n, y
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- intermaxillary — Between the maxillae.
- intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermittently — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermittingly — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- internal rhyme — a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.
- interplanetary — being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.
- interpretively — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- intersterility — the state of being insterile
- interstitially — In an interstitial way.
- intertextually — In an intertextual way.
- intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intracardially — in an intracardial manner
- intracranially — In an intracranial way.
- intractability — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- intrinsicality — The state of being intrinsic; inherence.
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- kinetic energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system.
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- light infantry — foot soldiers with lightweight weapons and minimal field equipment.
- literary agent — a person who manages the business affairs of an author
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.