12-letter words containing y, i, t, e, n
- inexpectancy — a lack or absence of expectancy; the state of being inexpectant
- inexplicitly — not explicit or clear; not clearly stated.
- inextricably — from which one cannot extricate oneself: an inextricable maze.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infinitively — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- initiatively — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- inobediently — disobediently
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- intelligibly — capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear: an intelligible response.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- intercessory — having the function of interceding: an intercessory prayer.
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercountry — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- interdictory — of, relating to, or noting interdiction.
- interestedly — In an interested manner.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interjacency — The quality of being interjacent.
- interjectory — characterized by interjection; interjectional.
- interlibrary — a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.
- intermammary — (anatomy) Between the mammae.
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intermediary — an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- interminably — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intersensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- intersociety — intersocietal
- intertidally — in an intertidal manner
- intervarsity — any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
- intestinally — occurring in or affecting the intestines.
- intolerantly — In an intolerant manner; without toleration.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- 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.
- iridescently — In an iridescent manner.
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- irreverently — not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: an irreverent reply.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.