16-letter words containing s, u, l, t, r, i
- delirium tremens — a severe psychotic condition occurring in some persons with chronic alcoholism, characterized by delirium, tremor, anxiety, and vivid hallucinations
- dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
- departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
- designer stubble — (on a man) facial hair that is carefully trimmed to give what is thought to be an attractive rugged slightly unshaven look
- destructibleness — The quality of being destructible.
- disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disreputableness — The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability.
- distributionally — In a distributional manner.
- distributive law — a theorem asserting that one operator can validly be distributed over another
- district council — the local ruling body of an urban or rural district.
- divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
- do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
- double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
- elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
- electroacoustics — a branch of acoustics that deals with the conversion of sound into electricity and vice versa, as in a microphone or a speaker
- electronic music — music: synthesized
- filterable virus — a virus particle small enough to pass through a filter of diatomaceous earth or porcelain, which will not pass bacteria: chiefly historical or an informal indicator of size, as synthetic membrane filters now permit passage of the smallest virus.
- fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
- first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
- flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- galactic cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
- girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
- great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
- horticulturalist — Misspelling of horticulturist.
- hunt the slipper — a children's game in which the players look for a hidden slipper or other object, such as a thimble (hunt the thimble)
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- inarticulateness — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- 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
- 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.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
- 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.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- joint resolution — a resolution adopted by both branches of a bicameral legislative assembly and requiring the signature of the chief executive to become law.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.