16-letter words containing n, o, d, u, t, i
- gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
- group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- hang around with — to associate or socialize with
- health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
- hummingbird moth — hawk moth.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- immunomodulation — Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response.
- immunomodulatory — (medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
- inboard-outboard — Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- induction course — training for new job
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
- infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
- internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
- lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
- line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
- multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- mutual induction — the production of an electromotive force in one circuit by a change in current in another circuit.
- nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- nodding trillium — a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.
- non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
- operating budget — money allocated to a project