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16-letter words containing m, c, n, u

  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redundancy money — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
  • reference number — a unique number on an order, application, etc, used to designate and quickly locate that order, application, etc
  • research quantum — the standard by which the contribution to a university of individual academics is measured and on the basis of which universities receive government funding and academics are promoted
  • rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
  • sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
  • security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
  • session musician — a studio musician, esp one who works freelance
  • situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
  • smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
  • sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
  • somatic mutation — a mutation occurring in a somatic cell, resulting in a change in the morphology or some other aspect of one part of an organism (usually a plant). It may be maintained by vegetative propagation but not by sexual reproduction
  • sonoluminescence — the emission of a flash of light accompanying the bursting of a bubble in a liquid when sound waves are passed through the liquid.
  • sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
  • speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
  • start-up company — new business
  • stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
  • synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • synthetic cubism — the late phase of cubism, characterized chiefly by an increased use of color and the imitation or introduction of a wide range of textures and material into painting.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
  • the common touch — If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them.
  • the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
  • tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
  • umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
  • unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  • uncircumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • uncompromisingly — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
  • unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
  • undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • 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
  • unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
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