16-letter words containing n, i, u

robin's-egg blue — a pale green to a light greenish-blue color.
romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
round the wrekin — the long way round
roundabout chair — corner chair.
rumour-mongering — the act of spreading rumours
run a tight ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
run interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
run rings around — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
run-time support — run-time system
russian dressing — a sharp mayonnaise dressing containing chopped pickles, chili sauce or ketchup, pimientos, etc.
russian orthodox — of or relating to the Russian Orthodox Church
russian roulette — a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.
safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
saint petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
sales automation — Sales Force Automation
san juan islands — a group of islands between NW Washington, US, and SE Vancouver Island, Canada: administratively part of Washington
santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
saturation level — carrying capacity.
saturation point — the point at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution, chemical combination, etc.
sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
security council — the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.
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.
security vetting — the process of investigating somebody to establish their trustworthiness
self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
self-fulfillment — the act or fact of fulfilling one's ambitions, desires, etc., through one's own efforts.
self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
self-subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
self-sufficiency — able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
self-suppression — Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.

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