16-letter words containing a, u, t
- institutionalist — the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
- institutionalize — to make institutional.
- instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
- instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- intellectualised — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualise.
- intellectualized — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualize.
- intellectualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intellectualize.
- intellectualness — Quality of being intellectual.
- intentional foul — a foul deliberately committed by a defensive player to stop play, tactically conceding the penalty of having the fouled player attempt the awarded foul shots in return for possession of the ball.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
- intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
- interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
- interculturalize — To format a subject so that it is culturally neutral.
- interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
- internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
- internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- internal revenue — the revenue of a government from any domestic source, usually considered to be any source other than customs.
- interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
- intrapreneurship — The practice of applying entrepreneurial skills and approaches within an established company.
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
- isoagglutination — the clumping of the red blood cells by a transfusion of the blood or serum of a genetically different individual of the same species.
- it's all up with — there is no further hope for; the end is near for
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- jacques cousteau — Jacques Yves [zhahk eev] /ʒɑk iv/ (Show IPA), 1910–97, French naval officer, author, and underseas explorer: developed the Aqua-Lung.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- juxtapositioning — Present participle of juxtaposition.
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- kipp's apparatus — a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas, usually hydrogen sulphide, by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating
- kitagawa utamaro — Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- kunlun mountains — mountain system in W China, between Tibet & Xinjiang: highest peak, c. 25,300 ft (7,711 m)
- kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- language isolate — isolate (def 9).
- laplace equation — the second-order partial differential equation indicating that the Laplace operator operating on a given function results in zero. Compare harmonic (def 4c).
- latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
- latissimus dorsi — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.