16-letter words containing r, u, m, i, n

primary consumer — (in the food chain) an animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore.
primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
quadrimillennial — Occurring every four thousand years.
quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
radioimmunoassay — a test procedure that integrates immunologic and radiolabeling techniques to measure minute quantities of a substance, as a protein, hormone, or drug, in a given sample of body fluid or tissue.
radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
relative minimum — minimum (def 5a).
romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
rumour-mongering — the act of spreading rumours
run-time library — (operating system, programming, library) A file containing routines which are linked with a program at run time rather than at compile-time. The advantage of such dynamic linking is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each executable that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. bug fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the memory management system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing RAM and virtual memory requirements and program load time.
run-time support — run-time system
sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
semisubterranean — half below the surface of the ground: the semisubterranean houses of some Indian tribes.
sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
sinus meridianii — an area on the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
sports equipment — gear used to play sport
spring mountains — a mountain range in S Nevada extending to the California border. Highest peak, Charleston Peak. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
stomach-churning — causing nausea.
studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
subordinationism — the doctrine that the first person of the Holy Trinity is superior to the second, and the second superior to the third.
sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
supranationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
taurus mountains — a mountain range in S Turkey, parallel to the Mediterranean coast: crossed by the Cilician Gates; continued in the northeast by the Anti-Taurus range. Highest peak: Kaldi Dağ, 3734 m (12 251 ft)
telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.

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