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

  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disingenuousness — The state or quality of being disingenuous.
  • disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
  • disqualification — an act or instance of disqualifying.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • distributionally — In a distributional manner.
  • district council — the local ruling body of an urban or rural district.
  • divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
  • do business with — trade or deal with
  • dominus vobiscum — the Lord be with you.
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • 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
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • 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.
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • golden delicious — a bright yellow type of Delicious apple.
  • 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
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • housemaid's knee — inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • 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.
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • josquin des prés — Josquin [zhuhs-kan;; French zhaws-kan] /ˈʒʌs kæn;; French ʒɔsˈkɛ̃/ (Show IPA), c1445–1521, Flemish composer.
  • josquin des prez — 1440?-1521; Fr. composer
  • 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.
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
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