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16-letter words containing o, u

  • ichthyophthirius — ich.
  • 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.
  • imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • immersion course — an educational course that teaches a foreign language, and in which the lessons are entirely conducted in the foreign language
  • immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
  • immunocompetence — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
  • immunocompromise — (medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.
  • immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
  • immunomodulation — Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response.
  • immunomodulatory — (medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
  • 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.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • 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 long haul — in a future time
  • in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
  • inauspiciousness — The state, quality, or condition of being inauspicious or unpropitious; unfavorableness.
  • inboard-outboard — Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
  • incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
  • inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
  • inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
  • incorruptibility — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
  • indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
  • indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • 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.
  • infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
  • infelicitousness — (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.
  • infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
  • inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
  • inmos transputer — transputer
  • inofficious will — a will inconsistent with the moral duty and natural affection of the testator, especially one denying the legitimate heirs the portions of the estate to which they are legally entitled.
  • institutionalise — Alternative spelling of institutionalize.
  • institutionalism — the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
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