16-letter words containing i, n, m, e, o, r
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
- tomorrow evening — on the evening of the day after today
- torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
- union membership — members of a trade union
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- warminster broom — a European shrub, Cytisus praecox, of the legume family, having yellowish-white or yellow, pealike flowers.
- wimp environment — WIMP
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- yellow pimpernel — Lysimachia nemorum
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.