16-letter words containing c, i, r, u, t
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
- infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- 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 capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- 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.
- intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
- inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
- irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
- 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.
- junior executive — a trainee position in a business or organization
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- justices in eyre — the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts
- 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
- lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
- liturgical drama — medieval drama, based on incidents in the Bible and performed in churches on holy days, usually in Latin and often chanted.
- liturgical latin — the Latin characteristic of the liturgies of the Western Church.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macroinstruction — macro (def 5).
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
- magnetic equator — aclinic line.
- malpractice suit — a lawsuit brought against a professional accused of illegal or unethical practices or neglect of duty
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- material culture — the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.
- maximum-security — designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
- microcirculation — the movement of blood through the arterioles, capillaries, and venules.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microinstruction — an instruction that defines part of a machine-language instruction in terms of simpler operations.
- microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
- micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- miniature camera — a small camera using film that is 35 millimeters wide or less.
- minimum-security — (of a prison) designed for prisoners regarded as being less dangerous; having fewer restrictions.
- minute secretary — the person responsible for noting the minutes of a meeting