16-letter words containing c, h, u, r, i, n
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
- insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- missile launcher — system that fires missiles
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- multi-way branch — switch statement
- munching squares — A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP Machine, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
- number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
- public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
- purchasing agent — a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
- purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- recursion theory — (theory) The study of problems that, in principle, cannot be solved by either computers or humans.
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- synchronous idle — (character) (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
- synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
- the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
- uncharacteristic — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unitarian church — the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around