14-letter words containing ine
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hyper-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- 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-line skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- inclined plane — one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Compare machine (def 4b).
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- inefficiencies — Plural form of inefficiency.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
- inevitableness — The characteristic of being inevitable; inevitability.
- inexcitability — The quality of being inexcitable.
- inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- inexplicitness — The state or condition of being inexplicit.
- inexpressibles — underwear
- inexterminable — Impossible to exterminate.
- inline element — (web) Any HTML element that is rendered in the same position as normal plain text, i.e. to the right of the preceding text (for left-to-right scripts). This contrasts with a block-level elements that is always placed below the preceding text line. Inline elements typically specify formatting, e.g. (bold), or the kind of content, e.g.
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- interdetermine — to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
- interlineation — A notation made between the lines, especially in a handwritten document.
- inverse cosine — arc cosine.
- isoclinic line — an imaginary line connecting points on the earth's surface having equal magnetic dip.
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- jacking engine — an engine for moving an idle reciprocating engine or turbine to permit inspection and repairs.
- jewel neckline — a plain, slightly rounded neckline without a collar, as on a dress or sweater
- jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
- kidney machine — artificial kidney.
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- kinetheodolite — a type of theodolite containing a cine camera instead of a telescope and giving continuous film of a moving target together with a record of its altitude and azimuth: used in tracking a missile, satellite, etc
- 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.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- legal medicine — the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.
- lepontine alps — a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)
- line engraving — a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- line of battle — a line formed by troops or ships for delivering or receiving an attack.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- line of flight — the flight path of something travelling from one place to another
- line of vision — a straight line that connects the fovea centralis of an eye with the point on which the eye focuses.
- line-engraving — a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
- line-item veto — the power of the executive to veto particular items of a bill without having to veto the entire bill.
- linear algebra — the branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations.
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- lodgepole pine — a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
- lorraine cross — cross of Lorraine.
- machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.