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16-letter words containing s, a, u, r

  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperpituitarism — overactivity of the pituitary gland.
  • hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • ice-cream supper — an ice-cream social held in the late afternoon or early evening.
  • immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • 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.
  • impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
  • inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • 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
  • 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
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
  • internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
  • 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.
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
  • japanese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
  • jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
  • karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
  • keep under wraps — not reveal
  • kekule's formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
  • keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
  • khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
  • kipp's apparatus — a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas, usually hydrogen sulphide, by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating
  • krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
  • kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
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