16-letter words containing a, m, u, n, i, t

non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
noncommunication — Absence of communication; failure to communicate.
noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
paint-by-numbers — formulaic; showing no original thought or creativity
painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
pairs tournament — an event in a sport such as tennis or darts open to pairs of competitors
palomar mountain — mountain in SW Calif., near San Diego: site of an astronomical observatory: 6,140 ft (1,871 m)
passive immunity — immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum.
patent ambiguity — uncertainty of meaning created by the obscure or ambiguous language appearing on the face of a written instrument.
pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
perpetual motion — the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it.
phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
platinum-iridium — (standard) A standard, against which all others of the same category are measured. Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris, as the bar defining the standard metre once was. "This garbage collection algorithm has been tested against the platinum-iridium cons cell in Paris." Compare golden.
pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
pocono mountains — ridge of the Appalachians, in E Pa.: resort area: c. 2,000 ft (610 m) high
primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
punctuationalism — punctuated equilibrium.
punitive damages — law: penalty payment
put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
quantum sufficit — as much as suffices; enough.
radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
relative minimum — minimum (def 5a).
romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
sales automation — Sales Force Automation
security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
self-sustainment — self-supporting.
semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
semi-mountainous — abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.
semiquantitative — partially quantitative.
semisubterranean — half below the surface of the ground: the semisubterranean houses of some Indian tribes.

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