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

  • 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 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.
  • inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • 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.
  • inboard-outboard — Also, outdrive, stern-drive. (of a motorboat) having an inboard engine connected to a maneuverable outboard drive-shaft unit.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
  • 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
  • instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
  • instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
  • insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
  • insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
  • insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interculturalize — To format a subject so that it is culturally neutral.
  • interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
  • internal revenue — the revenue of a government from any domestic source, usually considered to be any source other than customs.
  • interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
  • intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
  • intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
  • intrapreneurship — The practice of applying entrepreneurial skills and approaches within an established company.
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
  • inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
  • investment trust — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • irminger current — a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W.
  • isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
  • italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
  • ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
  • joint resolution — a resolution adopted by both branches of a bicameral legislative assembly and requiring the signature of the chief executive to become law.
  • 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
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