16-letter words containing n, e, m, u
- unix manual page — (operating system) (Or "man page") A part of Unix's extensive on-line documentation. To read a manual page from the Unix command line, type: man [-s
] e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1). Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7 miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro". Manual pages are stored as nroff source files. Formatted versions are also usually cached. Man pages for most versions of Unix are available on-line in HTML. - unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- up-to-the-minute — extending to the present moment, as information, facts, or style: an up-to-the-minute news report.
- uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
- vertebral column — spinal column.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
- visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- wheel animalcule — a rotifer.
- wind instruments — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote