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16-letter words containing n, o, u, i, s, e

  • surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • suspension point — one of a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words
  • sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
  • swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
  • swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
  • synchronous idle — (character)   (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
  • the constitution — the document containing the fundamental laws of the United States: it consists of the seven original articles, adopted in 1789, and twenty-seven amendments
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
  • the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
  • the subconscious — subconscious mental activity
  • the union school — a historic building located at 516-518 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Built in 1773, the Union School was one of the earliest public schools in Pennsylvania, and the first that did not discriminate based on social position or religious preference
  • the-constitution — an American 44-gun frigate, famous for its exploits in the War of 1812 and popularly called “Old Ironsides.”.
  • to mean business — If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • turn upside down — invert
  • twenty questions — an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
  • unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  • uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • under discussion — If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
  • under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
  • unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • union membership — members of a trade union
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unresponsiveness — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • venus and adonis — a narrative poem (1593) by Shakespeare.
  • verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
  • windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
  • without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.
  • writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
  • zollner illusion — a spatial illusion in which parallel lines intersected by short oblique lines are perceived as converging or diverging.
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