16-letter words containing u, n, i, t, e
- unrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- 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-to-the-minute — extending to the present moment, as information, facts, or style: an up-to-the-minute news report.
- upper palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
- 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.
- vesuvianite jade — a green variety of vesuvianite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
- victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
- 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.
- voice production — the use of the voice in order to create particular effects
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- week in week out — If you say that something happens week in week out, you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change.
- 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.
- wind instruments — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- without question — If you do something without question, you do it without arguing or asking why it is necessary.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
- 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