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16-letter words containing s, t, y, l, u

  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
  • insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
  • isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
  • journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
  • lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
  • lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
  • library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
  • luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
  • lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
  • lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
  • medullary sheath — Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
  • methyl cellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
  • migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
  • military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
  • multiuser system — a computer system in which multiple terminals connect to a host computer that handles processing tasks.
  • naturalistically — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
  • political asylum — asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.
  • queen anne style — a style of English architecture of the early 18th cent., characterized by construction in red brick, forms modified from classical architecture, and simple, elegant, and stately ornamentation
  • quintessentially — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
  • rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • security analyst — a person who specializes in evaluating information regarding stocks and bonds.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • security council — the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.
  • self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
  • st. lucie cherry — mahaleb.
  • stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
  • substitutability — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • sulfur butterfly — any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.
  • taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
  • the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
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