16-letter words containing m, o, n, h, u
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- settlement house — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- settlement-house — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
- synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
- 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.
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- to a/the minimum — If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- 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.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- union membership — members of a trade union
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- up-to-the-minute — extending to the present moment, as information, facts, or style: an up-to-the-minute news report.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner