16-letter words containing n, i, m, y
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- 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.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
- simeon ben yohai — flourished 2nd century a.d, Palestinian rabbi.
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
- 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.
- smack in the eye — a snub or setback
- snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
- speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- sprinkler system — apparatus for automatically extinguishing fires in a building, consisting of a system of water pipes in or below the ceilings, with valves or sprinklers usually made to open automatically at a certain temperature.
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
- syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
- 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.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- systems analysis — the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
- systems engineer — an engineer who specializes in the implementation of production systems.
- taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- transmissibility — capable of being transmitted.
- trimethylglycine — betaine.
- triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- 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.
- 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.
- union-of-myanmar — Union of, official name of Burma.
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- woolly manzanita — a tree or shrub, Arctostaphylos tomentosa, of the heath family, common from British Columbia to California, having broad leaves, with the underside covered with white hairs, and white flowers.
- yellow pimpernel — Lysimachia nemorum
- yeoman's service — good, useful, or workmanlike service: His trusty sword did him yeoman's service.
- yield management — the process of frequently adjusting the price of a product in response to various market factors, as demand or competition.
- zygosporangium's — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.