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16-letter words containing a, e, n, o, u

  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • uncountable noun — An uncountable noun is the same as an uncount noun.
  • uncountable-noun — a noun, as water, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural.
  • undenominational — free from religious sects or denominationalism; not limited or belonging to any particular religious group or groups.
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
  • uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
  • unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
  • up to one's ears — the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
  • utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • venus and adonis — a narrative poem (1593) by Shakespeare.
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • vocabulary entry — (in dictionaries) a word, phrase, abbreviation, symbol, affix, name, etc., listed with its definition or explanation in alphabetical order or listed for identification after the word from which it is derived or to which it is related.
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
  • voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
  • voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • volunteer bureau — an agency that matches up people wishing to do voluntary work with appropriate voluntary organizations
  • wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
  • women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
  • woodland culture — a long pre-Columbian tradition characterized by the corded pottery of a hunting and later agricultural people of the eastern U.S. noted for the construction of burial mounds and other structures and dating from c1000 b.c. to a.d. 1700.
  • writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
  • yellowfin (tuna) — a tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellow fins and a yellow stripe on each side, important as a game and food fish and found worldwide in warm seas
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