13-letter words containing ir
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- harvard chair — a three-legged armchair of the late 17th century, composed of turned uprights and spindles and having a triangular seat.
- heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
- herefordshire — a former county in W England, now part of Hereford and Worscester.
- herpesviruses — Plural form of herpesvirus.
- hertfordshire — a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km).
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- hinged girder — a type of girder with a hinge, used in bridge building
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
- hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- in repertoire — denoting the performance of two or more plays, ballets, etc, by the same company in the same venue on different evenings over a period of time
- indian empire — British India and the Indian states ruled by native princes but under indirect British control: dissolved in 1947 and absorbed into India and Pakistan.
- indira gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- indirect cost — a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a land tax or the like.
- indirect jump — (programming) A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
- inland empire — a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, E of the Cascade Mountains, in E Washington, NE Oregon, N Idaho, and NW Montana.
- inquire after — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- inquiry agent — a private detective
- inspirational — imparting inspiration.
- inspiritingly — In an inspiriting manner.
- into thin air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
- iran-iraq war — the war (1980–88) fought by Iran and Iraq, following the Iraqi invasion of disputed border territory in Iran. It ended indecisively with no important gains on either side: Iraq subsequently (1990) conceded the disputed territory
- irascibleness — The state of being irascible; irascibility.
- irc penis war — penis war
- iridocyclitis — (medicine) A type of anterior uveitis.
- iris explorer — (mathematics, tool) Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG)'s tool for developing visualisation applications via a visual programming environment. IRIS Explorer has a range of visualisation techniques, from simple graphs to multidimensional animation, that can help show trends and relationships in data. IRIS Explorer uses standard Open Inventor, ImageVision and OpenGL libraries as well as NAG's own numerical libraries. It is available for Windows, Unix and Linux. It has a point-and-click interface and a library of "modules" (software routines).
- irish english — the English language as spoken in Ireland; Hiberno-English.
- irish pennant — an unwhipped rope end.
- irish terrier — one of an Irish breed of terriers having a dense, wiry, reddish coat.
- irish whiskey — any whiskey made in Ireland, characteristically a product of barley.
- ironing board — a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
- ironmongeries — a hardware store or business.
- ironmongering — The trade of an ironmonger.
- irrationalise — Alt form irrationalize.
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- irrationalist — One who is irrational in their beliefs or ideas.
- irrationality — the quality or condition of being irrational.
- irrationalize — to make or cause to be irrational.
- irreciprocity — lack or absence of reciprocity
- irreclaimable — incapable of being reclaimed or rehabilitated: an irreclaimable swamp; irreclaimable offenders.
- irreclaimably — In an irreclaimable manner.
- irrecognition — lack or absence of recognition