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16-letter words containing n, u, m, e, r, i

  • immelmann (turn) — a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside-down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while reversing direction
  • 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
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • 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.
  • imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
  • in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
  • in your own time — If you do something in your own time, you do it at the speed that you choose, rather than allowing anyone to hurry you.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
  • inmos transputer — transputer
  • instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
  • instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
  • insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
  • intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
  • intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
  • investment trust — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
  • irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
  • italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
  • ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
  • juvenile hormone — any of a class of insect and plant hormones acting to inhibit the molting of a juvenile insect into its adult form.
  • karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
  • keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
  • lines per minute — (unit)   (lpm) A unit used to measure line printer throughput.
  • maclaurin series — a Taylor series in which the reference point is zero.
  • magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
  • magnetic equator — aclinic line.
  • make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
  • marine insurance — ocean marine insurance.
  • marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
  • martin van buren — Martin, 1782–1862, 8th president of the U.S. 1837–41.
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • measuring device — gauge
  • medium frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 kilohertz. Abbreviation: MF.
  • menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
  • meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
  • mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
  • microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
  • microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
  • microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
  • miniature camera — a small camera using film that is 35 millimeters wide or less.
  • miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
  • minimum-security — (of a prison) designed for prisoners regarded as being less dangerous; having fewer restrictions.
  • minute secretary — the person responsible for noting the minutes of a meeting
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