16-letter words containing u, n, t, i, d
- registered nurse — a graduate nurse who has passed a state board examination and been registered and licensed to practice nursing. Abbreviation: R.N.
- resident student — a student of a school, college, university, etc, who lives or has resided in the state or district of that school, college or university for a set period of time
- residual current — an electric current that continues to flow in a device, etc when there is no voltage supply, due to electrons emitted by heat, etc
- returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
- romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
- rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
- round the wrekin — the long way round
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- russian orthodox — of or relating to the Russian Orthodox Church
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
- secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
- self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
- service industry — business providing a service
- sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- spit-and-sawdust — (of a pub) shabby, dirty, and basic
- stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
- standard annuity — A standard annuity is a retirement investment insurance contract that pays a regular income in return for a lump sum payment.
- stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
- studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
- studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
- subordinationism — the doctrine that the first person of the Holy Trinity is superior to the second, and the second superior to the third.
- summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
- sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
- sunrise industry — any of the high-technology industries, such as electronics, that hold promise of future development
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- suspending agent — A suspending agent is a liquid in which a solid substance can be held in suspension.
- sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
- terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- thousand islands — a group of about 1500 islands between the US and Canada, in the upper St Lawrence River: administratively divided between the two countries
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
- titanium dioxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
- to overabound in — to have or contain too large a quantity or number of something
- tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products