15-letter words starting with in
- 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.
- inapplicability — (uncountable) The state of being inapplicable.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- inappropriately — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- incalculability — The quality or state of being incalculable.
- incapaciousness — the quality of not having (sufficiently) great capacity
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incentive bonus — an extra payment made to an employee to reward good work
- incentivization — (US, business, economics) The act or process of incentivizing.
- inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incommunicative — not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.
- incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
- incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- inconsistencies — Plural form of inconsistency.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconspicuously — not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
- inconveniencies — inconvenience.
- inconveniencing — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- incredulousness — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- incrementalists — Plural form of incrementalist.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indefectibility — The quality of being indefectible.
- indefensibility — The quality or state of not being defensible.
- indemnification — the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
- indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
- independentista — (especially in Latin America) a person who supports or works toward political independence, especially one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government.