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16-letter words containing l, o, u, e, r

  • thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
  • tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
  • to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
  • tool builder kit — (tool)   (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.
  • 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.
  • toulouse-lautrec — Henri Marie Raymond de [ahn-ree ma-ree re-mawn duh] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri rɛˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1864–1901, French painter and lithographer.
  • trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • under one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • 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.
  • underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • 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
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
  • unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
  • upper lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • vinylidene group — the bivalent group C 2 H 2 , derived from ethylene.
  • vocabulary entry — (in dictionaries) a word, phrase, abbreviation, symbol, affix, name, etc., listed with its definition or explanation in alphabetical order or listed for identification after the word from which it is derived or to which it is related.
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
  • voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
  • voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • volunteer bureau — an agency that matches up people wishing to do voluntary work with appropriate voluntary organizations
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
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