15-letter words containing inter
- nonintersecting — Not intersecting.
- nonintersection — Lack of intersection; failure to intersect.
- nonintervention — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
- optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
- painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
- pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- prairie pointer — shooting star (def 2).
- printer's devil — devil (def 5).
- printer's error — an error introduced into typeset copy by the compositor, so that the printer cannot charge for correcting it. Abbreviation: P.E., p.e.
- public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
- reinterrogation — a second or new interrogation or inquiry
- self-interested — If you describe someone as self-interested, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for other people.
- simple interest — interest payable only on the principal; interest that is not compounded.
- simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- uninterestingly — in a way that is not interesting
- unintermittedly — in an unintermitted manner
- uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
- vested interest — a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons.
- winter flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
- winter quarters — housing or accommodation for the winter, esp for military personnel
- winter resident — a person who spends the winter in a particular place
- winter solstice — the solstice on or about December 21st that marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
- wintergreen oil — methyl salicylate.