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16-letter words containing r, u, l, e

  • trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
  • travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
  • tray agriculture — hydroponics.
  • triangular trade — American History. a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.
  • turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
  • turntable ladder — a power-operated extending ladder mounted on a fire engine
  • tuxtla gutierrez — a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
  • ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • ultraminiaturize — to reduce to an ultraminiature size or scale.
  • umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
  • un-reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
  • uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • under one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • under sb's spell — If you are under someone 's spell, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think about anything else.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
  • underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
  • underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
  • undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unparticularized — to make particular.
  • unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unrealized gains — Unrealized gains are gains from the increase in value of an asset that you still own.
  • unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
  • unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
  • unter den linden — the main street of Berlin, extending to the Brandenburg Gate
  • ununderstandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • up with the lark — up early in the morning
  • upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • upper lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
  • upper palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
  • vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
  • variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
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