16-letter words containing n, u
- lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
- lighting-up time — the time when vehicles are required by law to have their lights switched on
- lignin sulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- line of business — profession, trade: field
- line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
- lines per minute — (unit) (lpm) A unit used to measure line printer throughput.
- linguistic atlas — dialect atlas.
- linguistic stock — a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
- linux user group — (body, operating system) (LUG) Any organisation of Linux users in a local area, university, etc., that offers mutual technical support, companionship with people of similar interests and promotes the use of Linux among computer users generally. LUGs often hold Install Fests for the general public, in which experienced Linux users explain and supervise the installation of Linux on new users' systems.
- liturgical latin — the Latin characteristic of the liturgies of the Western Church.
- lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- logical unit 6.2 — (networking) (LU6.2) A type of logical unit that governs peer-to-peer SNA communications. LU6.2 supports general communication between programs in a distributed processing environment. LU6.2 is characterised by a peer relationship between session partners, efficient use of a session for multiple transactions, comprehensive end-to-end error processing and a generic application program interface consisting of structured verbs that are mapped into a product inplementation. LU6.2 is used by IBM's TPF operating system.
- loire-atlantique — a department in NW France. 2695 sq. mi. (6980 sq. km). Capital: Nantes.
- look up and down — to search everywhere
- lookout mountain — a mountain ridge in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama: a battle of the Civil War fought here, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 1863; highest point, 2126 feet (648 meters).
- louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
- lourenco marques — former name of Maputo.
- lower lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
- lucas van leyden — (Lucas Hugensz) 1494–1533, Dutch painter and engraver.
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
- luncheon voucher — a voucher worth a specified amount issued to employees and redeemable at a restaurant for food
- machine language — machine code
- machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
- maclaurin series — a Taylor series in which the reference point is zero.
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macroinstruction — macro (def 5).
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- 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.
- magnetic pick-up — a type of record player pick-up in which the stylus moves an iron core in a coil, causing a changing magnetic field that produces the current
- magnetoacoustics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of physics studying the effects of magnetism on acoustics or their interaction.
- mahmud of ghazni — a.d. 971?–1030, Muslim Amir of Ghazni 997–1030.
- make an issue of — If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- man and superman — a comedy (1903) by G. B. Shaw.
- man of the house — the male head of a household.
- managed currency — a currency whose value is established and maintained by deliberate governmental action working through national and international financial institutions, in contrast to the quasi-automatic gold standard.
- management union — a union that represents managers in negotiations with their employers concerning terms and conditions of employment
- manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- marginal utility — the extra utility or satisfaction derived by a consumer from the consumption of the last unit of a commodity.
- marine insurance — ocean marine insurance.
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas