16-letter words containing i, m, u, n
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- home-equity loan — a loan that uses equity in the borrower's home as collateral.
- housemaid's knee — inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
- huffman encoding — Huffman coding
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hummingbird moth — hawk moth.
- hunt the thimble — a children's game in which the players look for a hidden thimble
- husayn ali mirza — 1817–92, Persian religious leader: founder of Bahāʾī.
- 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.
- hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
- hydroxylammonium — (inorganic compound) The univalent NH3OH+ cation, derived from hydroxylamine.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- if you must know — You say 'if you must know' when you tell someone something that you did not want them to know and you want to suggest that you think they were wrong to ask you about it.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- imaginary number — Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero.
- 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
- immersion course — an educational course that teaches a foreign language, and in which the lessons are entirely conducted in the foreign language
- immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
- immunocompetence — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
- immunocompromise — (medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.
- immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- immunomodulation — Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response.
- immunomodulatory — (medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
- immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
- immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
- immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
- immunosuppressor — (pharmacology) An immunosuppressive agent.
- 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.
- imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
- in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
- in your own time — If you do something in your own time, you do it at the speed that you choose, rather than allowing anyone to hurry you.
- incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- infantile autism — a disorder appearing in children before the age of two and a half, characterized by lack of interest in others, impaired communication skills, and bizarre behavior, as ritualistic acts and excessive attachment to objects.
- inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
- inmos transputer — transputer
- institutionalism — the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
- 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.