0%

16-letter words containing s, u

  • dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  • east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
  • easter sepulcher — sepulcher (def 2).
  • easter-sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
  • eastern european — relating to, situated in or coming from Eastern Europe
  • eigenfrequencies — Plural form of eigenfrequency.
  • 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
  • embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
  • enough is enough — expressing exasperation
  • enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
  • entrepreneurship — The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
  • episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
  • equidistribution — An equal distribution.
  • error of closure — the amount by which a computed, plotted, or observed quantity or position differs from the true or established one, esp when plotting a closed traverse
  • escalator clause — a clause in a contract stipulating an adjustment in wages, prices, etc, in the event of specified changes in conditions, such as a large rise in the cost of living or price of raw materials
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • exchange student — sb who studies abroad
  • exclusion clause — (in a contract) something that serves to limit liabilities
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • external student — a student studying a university subject extramurally
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • farmer's reducer — a solution of ferricyanide and hypo for reducing density and increasing contrast in a negative.
  • farmhouse cheese — cheese that is made by traditional methods, on or as if on a farm
  • farquhar islands — an island group in the Indian Ocean: administratively part of the Seychelles
  • fashion business — the business dealing with style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
  • feminine caesura — a caesura occurring immediately after an unstressed or short syllable.
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
  • fictitious force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
  • figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
  • figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
  • 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.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • first four ships — the earliest settlers' ships to arrive in the Canterbury Province
  • first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
  • first-time buyer — someone who is buying his or her first house
  • fish or cut bait — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
  • fishing industry — the industry of catching fish
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?