16-letter words containing u, n, m, r, i
- tiananmen square — a large plaza in central Beijing, China: noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.
- tienanmen square — Tiananmen Square.
- torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
- transilluminator — to cause light to pass through.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- ultraminiaturize — to reduce to an ultraminiature size or scale.
- ultranationalism — extreme devotion to or advocacy of the interests of a nation, especially regardless of the effect on any other nations.
- umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
- uncircumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- uncompromisingly — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- 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.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
- undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
- undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
- union membership — members of a trade union
- union-of-myanmar — Union of, official name of Burma.
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- uranium trioxide — a radioactive orange powder, UO 3 , used in the manufacture of some ceramics.
- urim and thummim — two objects probably used as oracles and carried in the breastplate of the high priest (Exodus 28:30)
- vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
- video journalism — the techniques, methods, etc., of preparing and broadcasting informational, social, political, and other nonfiction subjects via news and documentary programs.
- wind instruments — a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- zagros mountains — a mountain range in S Iran: has Iran's main oilfields in its W central foothills. Highest peak: Zard Kuh, 4548 m (14 920 ft)
- zygosporangium's — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.