16-letter words containing ic
- hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
- hydrologic cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
- ice-cream parlor — an establishment serving ice cream, sodas, etc., from a soda fountain.
- ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
- ice-cream supper — an ice-cream social held in the late afternoon or early evening.
- ichthyophthirius — ich.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
- icterine warbler — a European variety of tree warbler (Hippolais icterina )
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
- immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
- impracticability — The quality or condition of being impracticable.
- impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
- in a cleft stick — If you say that a person or organization is in a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do.
- in quadruplicate — in four identical copies
- in quintuplicate — in five identical copies
- inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
- inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inauspiciousness — The state, quality, or condition of being inauspicious or unpropitious; unfavorableness.
- incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
- indexing service — a service that indexes the contents of a number of publications for use in printed or machine-readable form.
- indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
- inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
- infelicitousness — (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.
- inofficious will — a will inconsistent with the moral duty and natural affection of the testator, especially one denying the legitimate heirs the portions of the estate to which they are legally entitled.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- intensifications — Plural form of intensification.
- intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
- interhemispheric — of, relating to, or between hemispheres, as of the earth: interhemispheric cooperation.
- interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
- intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
- intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
- intrinsic parity — parity1 (def 4b).
- isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- isoplastic graft — syngraft.
- janet ip service — (networking) (JIPS) Joint Academic NETwork Internet Protocol. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- judicial inquiry — a formal legal investigation conducted into a matter of public concern by a judge, appointed by the government
- junior's license — a driver's license issued to people under the age of 18
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- justices in eyre — the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts