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16-letter words containing i, r, o, n, d, u

  • industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
  • infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • josquin des prés — Josquin [zhuhs-kan;; French zhaws-kan] /ˈʒʌs kæn;; French ʒɔsˈkɛ̃/ (Show IPA), c1445–1521, Flemish composer.
  • josquin des prez — 1440?-1521; Fr. composer
  • 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.
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
  • miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
  • money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • nodding trillium — a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.
  • non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • norodom sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
  • norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • operating budget — money allocated to a project
  • order in council — (in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council
  • ordinary jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
  • out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.
  • oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
  • percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
  • period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • pilot production — sth produced on a trial basis
  • portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
  • praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
  • process industry — business of treating raw materials
  • production costs — the costs used in manufacturing a product
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • pseudo-isidorian — of or relating to the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d. 600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century.
  • pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
  • radioimmunoassay — a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
  • radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
  • radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
  • rattle around in — to live or work in (a house, office, etc.) that is too big for one's needs
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
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