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16-letter words containing n, a, p, r

  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • superior general — the superior of an order or congregation.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • supporting actor — performer: not lead
  • supranationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
  • surface-printing — planography.
  • swine erysipelas — erysipelas (def 2).
  • taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
  • tamper-resistant — difficult to tamper with: a tamper-resistant cap on a medicine bottle.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • tax depreciation — Tax depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for the internal books.
  • tent caterpillar — any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web.
  • terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware)   (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • the anthropocene — a proposed term for the present geological epoch (from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards), during which humanity has begun to have a significant impact on the environment
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
  • thinking pattern — manner of thinking
  • three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
  • thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
  • tiger kidnapping — a kidnapping in which one or more hostages are taken to coerce another person, usually a relation of the person or people held, to take part in a crime
  • to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
  • to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
  • to rest in peace — If you express the wish that a dead person may rest in peace, you are showing respect and sympathy for him or her. 'Rest in peace' or 'RIP' is also sometimes written on gravestones.
  • top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive
  • topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
  • trade acceptance — a bill of exchange drawn by the seller of goods on the buyer, and accepted by the buyer for payment at a future date.
  • transalpine gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
  • transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
  • transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
  • transfer pricing — the setting of a price for the transfer of raw materials, components, products, or services between the trading units of a large organization
  • transition point — Physics. a temperature at which a substance undergoes some abrupt change in its properties, as when it passes from the normal to the superconducting state.
  • transpeptidation — the process of transferring an amino acid or group of amino acids from one compound to another.
  • transport number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
  • transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
  • trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
  • tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
  • triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
  • triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
  • tropic of cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
  • tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
  • trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
  • turn up the heat — to increase the intensity of activity, coercion, etc
  • ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
  • undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
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