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

  • uncharacteristic — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
  • uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
  • uncircumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • uncompromisingly — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
  • 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.
  • under discussion — If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
  • under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
  • undersecretariat — a department or section of a ministry of which an under secretary is in charge.
  • undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • 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.
  • union membership — members of a trade union
  • unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.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.
  • unrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • unresponsiveness — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
  • 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.
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • urinary calculus — a calcareous concretion in the urinary tract.
  • user-defined key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that can be used to carry out any of a limited number of predefined actions as selected by the user
  • 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)
  • vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
  • vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
  • venus and adonis — a narrative poem (1593) by Shakespeare.
  • verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
  • vestibular nerve — the part of the auditory nerve in the inner ear that carries sensory information related to body equilibrium.
  • vesuvianite jade — a green variety of vesuvianite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
  • wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
  • wind instruments — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
  • windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
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