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16-letter words containing u, n, i, l, e, a

  • inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
  • infantile autism — a disorder appearing in children before the age of two and a half, characterized by lack of interest in others, impaired communication skills, and bizarre behavior, as ritualistic acts and excessive attachment to objects.
  • institutionalise — Alternative spelling of institutionalize.
  • institutionalize — to make institutional.
  • 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.
  • insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
  • insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
  • intellectualised — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualise.
  • intellectualized — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualize.
  • intellectualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intellectualize.
  • intellectualness — Quality of being intellectual.
  • intentional foul — a foul deliberately committed by a defensive player to stop play, tactically conceding the penalty of having the fouled player attempt the awarded foul shots in return for possession of the ball.
  • interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interculturalize — To format a subject so that it is culturally neutral.
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
  • internal revenue — the revenue of a government from any domestic source, usually considered to be any source other than customs.
  • interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
  • intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
  • intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
  • intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
  • invulnerableness — The quality of being invulnerable.
  • italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
  • ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
  • karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
  • knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
  • labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
  • labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
  • language barrier — difficulty in communication due to language difference
  • language isolate — isolate (def 9).
  • laplace equation — the second-order partial differential equation indicating that the Laplace operator operating on a given function results in zero. Compare harmonic (def 4c).
  • latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
  • laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • leaf-cutting ant — any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden.
  • leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
  • league champions — the team that has come top of the league
  • lean-burn engine — an engine designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • lesbian cymatium — cyma reversa.
  • liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
  • lignin sulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
  • like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
  • lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
  • loire-atlantique — a department in NW France. 2695 sq. mi. (6980 sq. km). Capital: Nantes.
  • louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
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