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16-letter words containing s, i, n, a, l

  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • transmissibility — capable of being transmitted.
  • transnationalism — going beyond national boundaries or interests: a transnational economy.
  • transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
  • travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
  • trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
  • trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
  • triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
  • twin-lens camera — a camera having two separately mounted lenses coordinated to eliminate parallax errors or for making stereoscopic photographs.
  • ultranationalism — extreme devotion to or advocacy of the interests of a nation, especially regardless of the effect on any other nations.
  • ultranationalist — an advocate of ultranationalism.
  • unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  • uncircumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • unconstitutional — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
  • ungava peninsula — a peninsula in NW Ungava region, in N Quebec, in E Canada.
  • unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • unrealized gains — Unrealized gains are gains from the increase in value of an asset that you still own.
  • unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • urinary calculus — a calcareous concretion in the urinary tract.
  • valles marineris — a canyon on Mars, 3100 miles (5000 km) in length, named after the Mariner spacecraft.
  • 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)
  • vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • venereal disease — sexually transmitted disease. Abbreviation: VD.
  • vertical tasting — a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.
  • vestibular nerve — the part of the auditory nerve in the inner ear that carries sensory information related to body equilibrium.
  • viceregal assent — the formal signing of an act of parliament by a governor general, by which it becomes law
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
  • virginia cowslip — a perennial woodland plant (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family, native to E North America and having clusters of blue or purple, bell-shaped flowers
  • visual interface — (tool, text)   (vi) /V-I/, /vi:/, *never* /siks/ A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early BSD release. vi became the de facto standard Unix editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favourite outside of MIT until the rise of Emacs after about 1984. It tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup provides no indication of which mode the editor is in (one correspondent accordingly reports that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi:l/). Nevertheless it is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 Usenet poll preferred it), and even some Emacs fans resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of Emacs). See holy wars.
  • visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
  • visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • vitruvian scroll — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern.
  • walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
  • welfare benefits — financial assistance; social security payment
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • whole nine yards — a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
  • wilson's disease — a rare hereditary disease in which copper accumulates in the brain and liver, gradually leading to tremors, muscular rigidity, kidney malfunction, and cognitive disturbances: marked by Kayser-Fleischer rings.
  • wilson's warbler — a North American warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, having yellow plumage and a black patch on top of the head.
  • windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
  • windowless monad — (in the philosophy of Leibniz) a monad having no direct causal or perceptual relation with any other monad.
  • windowpane shell — capiz.
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