12-Letter Words Starting with I

Infomercial

Not very often

Not often

Flinty queen stirred to embrace her husband? Not often!

""Pl. infundibula (-l ) Any of various funnel-shaped bodily passages, openings, structures, or parts, especially: a. The stalk of the pituitary gland.""

""A funnelshaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes. as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.""

""Capability of being infused, pouredin, or instilled.""

In an inglorious manner; dishonorably; with shame; ignominiously; obscurely.

""INHALATION The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.""

Affording no shelter

Difficult to live in

Harsh, inimical to life

""INHOSPITABLE Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. as, an inhospitable person or people.""

In an iniquitous manner; unjustly; wickedly.

Starting a computer application

""INNOVATION The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.""

Innovative

Jabs

Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.

Very dirty, a line on ground

Toured, only it rained excessively

It's over-the-top to say Lee is largely excessive

""INOSCULATE To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.""

""The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc. as, inosculation of veins, etc.""

""Not salubrious or healthful; unwholesome; as, an insalubrious air or climate. as, an insalubrious air or climate.""

INSECTICIDE An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder.

Inseparable

Insightful

""The quality or state of being insoluble or not dissolvable, as in a fluid.""

INSOLUBILIZE

Insolvency

Insouciant

Art exhibit in a gallery

The making of equipment ready for use

One 22 in country establishment

Installment

""The of instilling; also, that which is instilled.""

Instillment

Piece of music without voices

Piece of music without vocals

Music with no vocals

Word for a bore

Too much to bear

End of quip

""In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud. as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.""

INSUFFLATE To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.

The act of breathing on or into anything

Insufflator

Insularity

Abstract noun (-ity)

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself. (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.

""Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.""

Egghead uncle a little upset

Related to rational thought processes

Philosopher, for example.

Military wit (wordplay)

Upstairs perhaps for spying on community

Mental capacity for the inside story

Able to be understood

""In an intelligible manner; so as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as, to write or speak intelligibly. as, to write or speak intelligibly.""

ALLELIC pertaining to {allele=n}

""INTERCALATE To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.""

Intercalate

CHANNEL to direct along a course

CLUSTER to form into groups

Altercations getting out of hand between New York and California, perhaps

Intercooler

Intercostal

CULTURE to cultivate

DEALERS dealer

Interested

FACULTY an inherent power or ability

FERTILE productive

FLUVIAL pertaining to a {river=n}

Period between Ice Ages

INVOLVE to implicate or entangle

""Between lammell\'91 or lamin\'91; as, interlamellar spaces.as, interlamellar spaces.""

Interlap

Interlard

Interlayer

LEAVING a {leftover=n}

Interlend

Interleukin

LIBRARY a room containing books for reading or reference

Interlinear

Interlining

Interlink

""Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein. as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.""

Engaging with close fit

Engaging by fitting together

Like crossword words

Person who takes part in a conversation

Participant in a dialogue

Involved in conversation to disclose tricolour net

MEDDLED meddle

""One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others.""

Intermeddle

Seeming likely to go on for ever

Plant what can be dug up - it's endless

Man with libertine cavorting without end

Without end or limit.

Confused in calling the French 'Dutch'

Lending merit to anagram for 'Mixed'

Like 0's and 1's in binary numbers

Intermingle

Assimilated into one's nature by learning

Internalise

INTERNALIZE to incorporate within oneself.

Takes to heart

NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}

NUCLEON a subatomic particle

Of or pertaining to an internuncio.

""Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum. as, the interorbital septum.""

""To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; generally on the part of a legislative body.""

Interplant

Interplay

Interplead

One who interpleads.

PLUVIAL a prolonged period of wet climate

""Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.""

Interpolate

""One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or spurious matter in genuine writings.""

Linked, as this puzzle's thematic entries

Interrelate

Plural noun or verb form

STADIAL a substance which depends on the life of a glacier

In deep space

Let star liner make such a voyage

Occurring between stars

STERILE incapable of producing offspring

English word

Sitting in the intervening spaces

Intertidal

""TILLAGE cultivated land, also TILTH""

Intertill

Plural noun or verb form

VILLAGE a small community in a rural area

""Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.""

""Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.""

How to bellyache at home match with friend after batting

Intolerance

Like a bigot actively enjoying vigorous net rally

INTONATION A thundering; thunder.

Adjective (-al)

Within the cranium or skull.

Intramural

Intranasal

Intravital

Interestingly, most of the scheme at home is ugly without something on top

Tending to invalidate or prove false.

Process of making a thing no longer valid

Invalidator

Invalidity

Act of alluring.

Stubbornly

INVIGILATE To keep watch.

Keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating.

Invigilator

Non-appearance

""Open only to persons issued an invitation; -- of gatherings, usually sports events; as, an invitational tournament.as, an invitational tournament.""

""INVOCATION The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.""

INVOLUTION The act of involving or infolding.

Involvement

Impossible to hurt

Run with last bit of email, cc from Vince Cable - redraft can't be damaged

""INVULNERABLE Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.""

Hot temper

Iridescent

Iridologist

""IRONICAL pertaining to irony, also IRONIC""

Sans sense

Unreasonableness shown by Irish supporter about quota

Not able to be saved

Beyond being saved

Can't be saved by teacher losing the head with convert up to the task

""IRREDEEMABLE Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.""

Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible.

""Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.""

""IRREFRAGABLE Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.""

*No matter

Common malapropism used to mean "Nonetheless!"

Fluctuation

Abnormality

Irrelative

Irrelevance

Irrelevant

Irish army unit with French 4 that 26

""In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction.""

""Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.""

Is terrible? Is wrong? Is seductive!

Too tempting to be resisted

Just too tempting

In an irrestible manner.

Irresolute

Doubt Irish analysis

Dithering Irish lose in-out referendum initially? Rearrange!

Indecision

Setter with Observer: all new and very puzzling

In an irreverent manner.

Impossible to change

Not able to be annulled

Turns up nothing is carved in stone

In an irreversible manner.

Peevishness

Tetchiness

Irritating

Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

Isobutylene

Isochronal

Doctrine to be fought on home front

Policy of remaining apart

Political policy of non-involvement with other countries

Phenomenon of the 1940's.

Unpopular person after Pearl Harbor.

One not getting involved in other countries' affairs

English word

Isothermal

ISOTONIC of equal tension

ISOTOPIC pertaining to an {isotope=n}

""ITALIANATE To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.""

ITALIANISE

ITALIANIZE To play the Italian; to speak Italian.