13-letter words containing y, i, t
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- identity disc — a disc bearing details that serve to identify its wearer
- identity sign — the symbol (≡), designating identity, not equality.
- idiomatically — peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.
- idiorrhythmic — self-regulating; allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- ileocolostomy — the surgical formation of an artificial opening between the ileum and the colon.
- illocutionary — pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
- illustriously — highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
- imaginability — The quality of being imaginable.
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- imagistically — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- immateriality — state or character of being immaterial.
- immiscibility — not miscible; incapable of being mixed.
- immune system — a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and lymph tissue, stem cells, white blood cells, antibodies, and lymphokines.
- immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- impalpability — not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
- impassability — The state or quality of being impassable.
- impassibility — The state or condition of being impassible.
- impeccability — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- imperceptibly — very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
- impermanently — In an impermanent manner.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impertinently — intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil: a brash, impertinent youth.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- implacability — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implicatively — In an implicative way.
- impolitically — In a way that is impolitic.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- impossibility — condition or quality of being impossible.
- impracticably — In an impracticable way.
- impractically — In an impractical manner.
- improbability — the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.
- improvability — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- in difficulty — If you are in difficulty or in difficulties, you are having a lot of problems.
- in perpetuity — the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in): to desire happiness in perpetuity.
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- in-perpetuity — the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in): to desire happiness in perpetuity.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inattentively — not attentive; negligent.
- incentive pay — additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee.
- incompetently — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- incongruently — not congruent.