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16-letter words containing o, s, m, u

  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
  • 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.
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • farmhouse cheese — cheese that is made by traditional methods, on or as if on a farm
  • flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
  • flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • for good measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • fort sam houston — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in San Antonio, Tex.
  • four-course meal — A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • 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.
  • fuel consumption — use of a material to generate power
  • fullness of time — the proper or destined time.
  • garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
  • gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
  • government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
  • government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
  • gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
  • gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • haussmannization — Georges Eugène [zhawrzh œ-zhen] /ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1809–91, French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.
  • hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
  • heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
  • house of commons — the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • housemaid's knee — inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
  • humanly possible — feasible, practical
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • if you must know — You say 'if you must know' when you tell someone something that you did not want them to know and you want to suggest that you think they were wrong to ask you about it.
  • image consultant — imagemaker.
  • 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.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
  • inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
  • inmos transputer — transputer
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