15-letter words starting with i
- in good spirits — cheerful
- in harness with — in cooperation with
- in high dudgeon — If you say that someone is in high dudgeon, you are emphasizing that they are very angry or unhappy about something.
- in honour bound — under a moral obligation
- in its entirety — completely, wholly
- in keeping with — in conformity or accord with
- in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
- in mid-sentence — halfway through saying sth
- in no condition — If you say that someone is in no condition to do something, you mean that they are too ill, upset, or drunk to do it.
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- in one's pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in rerum natura — in the nature of things
- in sb's opinion — You add expressions such as 'in my opinion' or 'in their opinion' to a statement in order to indicate that it is what you or someone else thinks, and is not necessarily a fact.
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
- in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- in the box seat — in the best position
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in the eighties — between 80–89 degrees in temperature
- in the event of — something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- in the hands of — under the control of
- in the light of — in view of, given
- in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- in the majority — the largest group
- in the midst of — amid, among
- in the negative — by saying no
- in the nineties — between 90–99 degrees in temperature
- in the old days — a long time ago
- in the pipeline — a long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with pumps and valves for flow control, used to transport crude oil, natural gas, water, etc., especially over great distances.
- in the same way — similarly
- in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
- in the teeth of — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
- in the thick of — in the midst of: a fight, etc.
- in the universe — If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kind in the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind.
- in vino veritas — in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunk
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
- in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- in/into a tizzy — If you get in a tizzy or into a tizzy, you get excited, worried, or nervous about something, especially something that is not important.
- in/into ecstasy — If you are in ecstasy about something, you are very excited about it. If you go into ecstasies, you become very excited.
- in/into trouble — If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong.
- inaccessibility — not accessible; unapproachable.
- inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inalterableness — The state or quality of being inalterable.