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14-letter words containing e

  • import licence — a government-issued document that authorizes the importation of goods into its country
  • imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
  • impossibleness — Quality of being impossible.
  • impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
  • impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • impressionists — Plural form of impressionist.
  • impressiveness — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
  • improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
  • improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
  • impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
  • in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
  • in a pig's eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
  • in all my life — You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree.
  • in at the kill — present at the end or climax of some undertaking
  • in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
  • in consequence — the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
  • in countenance — calm; composed
  • in defiance of — a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
  • in fine fettle — If you say that someone or something is in fine fettle, you mean that they are in very good health or condition.
  • in full career — at full speed
  • in good season — early enough
  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • in holy orders — ordained
  • in league with — along with, plotting with
  • in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  • in one's blood — If a quality or talent is in your blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
  • in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
  • in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
  • in one's heart — secretly; fundamentally
  • in one's power — able or allowed (to)
  • in other words — that is to say
  • in parenthesis — You say 'in parenthesis' to indicate that you are about to add something before going back to the main topic.
  • in relation to — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
  • in short order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • in single file — one behind another
  • in the balance — a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
  • in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • in the extreme — to an excessive degree
  • in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
  • in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
  • in the interim — for the time being, in the meantime
  • in the morning — every morning
  • in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
  • in the picture — informed about a given situation
  • in the process — If you are doing something and you do something else in the process, you do the second thing as part of doing the first thing.
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