16-letter words containing t, e, l, i, u
- unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- undenominational — free from religious sects or denominationalism; not limited or belonging to any particular religious group or groups.
- under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- 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
- unparticularized — to make particular.
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- unter den linden — the main street of Berlin, extending to the Brandenburg Gate
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- upper palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
- utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
- utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
- variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- vestibular nerve — the part of the auditory nerve in the inner ear that carries sensory information related to body equilibrium.
- vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
- victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
- virtual particle — an elementary particle of transitory existence that does not appear as a free particle in a particular situation but that can transmit a force from one particle to another.
- visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
- 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.
- water lily tulip — a showy tulip, Tulipa kaufmanniana, of Turkestan, having spreading, white or pale-yellow flowers with yellow centers streaked with red.
- well-articulated — made clear or distinct: articulated sounds.
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- well-illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
- worth your while — If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort.
- yellowfin (tuna) — a tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellow fins and a yellow stripe on each side, important as a game and food fish and found worldwide in warm seas