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16-letter words containing a, u, r, e, i

  • grapefruit juice — nectar of the grapefruit
  • graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
  • great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
  • greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
  • gutierrez najera — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), ("El Duque Job") 1859–95, Mexican poet, short-story writer, and editor.
  • hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • health authority — a government agency that is responsible for NHS care in a particular area
  • health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
  • heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
  • hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
  • hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • holier-than-thou — obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
  • hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
  • housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
  • hurricane season — annual cyclone period
  • hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
  • hydrated alumina — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
  • hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
  • hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperpituitarism — overactivity of the pituitary gland.
  • hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • ice-cream supper — an ice-cream social held in the late afternoon or early evening.
  • imaginary number — Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero.
  • imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
  • immelmann (turn) — a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside-down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while reversing direction
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
  • impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
  • imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
  • in quadruplicate — in four identical copies
  • in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
  • inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
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