0%

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

  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • electronic music — music: synthesized
  • embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
  • figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
  • fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • furniture polish — product: shines wood
  • general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
  • girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
  • government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
  • grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
  • gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
  • heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
  • horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
  • housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
  • hurricane season — annual cyclone period
  • hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • immersion course — an educational course that teaches a foreign language, and in which the lessons are entirely conducted in the foreign language
  • immunocompromise — (medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
  • immunosuppressor — (pharmacology) An immunosuppressive agent.
  • impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
  • in the short run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • in utero surgery — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • 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.
  • inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
  • inmos transputer — transputer
  • insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?