14-letter words starting with i
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
- interfingering — (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.
- interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- intergradation — the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
- interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interior angle — an angle formed between parallel lines by a third line that intersects them.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interjectional — Being or pertaining to an interjection.
- interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
- interlineation — A notation made between the lines, especially in a handwritten document.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermaxillary — Between the maxillae.
- intermediaries — Plural form of intermediary.
- intermediately — being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure.
- intermediating — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermediation — the act of intermediating.
- intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- intermigration — reciprocal migration; interchange of habitat by migrating groups.
- intermittently — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermittingly — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- intermodillion — a space between two modillions.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- internal audit — an audit conducted by company accountants on a regular basis (distinguished from independent audit).
- internal clock — biological clock.
- internal exile — a state of comparative isolation imposed upon certain political dissidents within the former Soviet Union, in which the subject was forced to live in a remote and often unfamiliar place and in which freedom of movement and personal contact with family, friends, and associates were severely restricted.
- internal rhyme — a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.
- internationale — a revolutionary workers' anthem, first sung in France in 1871.
- internationals — Plural form of international.
- internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
- internucleonic — internuclear
- interoperation — (engineering) The interaction and simultaneous functioning of multiple products having multiple architectures etc.
- interoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interpellation — a procedure in some legislative bodies of asking a government official to explain an act or policy, sometimes leading, in parliamentary government, to a vote of confidence or a change of government.
- interpenetrate — to penetrate thoroughly; permeate.
- interplanetary — being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.
- interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
- interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
- interpretative — interpretive.
- interpretively — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- interpretivism — Antipositivism.
- interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.