16-letter words containing ial
- facial neuralgia — paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
- fertile material — material which can be converted into a fissile material by a neutron-induced nuclear reaction, as uranium-238 or thorium-232
- financial doping — the situation in which a sports franchise borrows heavily in order to contract and pay high-performing players, jeopardizing their long-term financial future
- financialization — (economics) Conversion of intangible value into financial instruments.
- football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
- genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
- ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
- inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- interfacial area — The interfacial area is the total area of contact between two liquids in a liquid-liquid operation.
- interministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- interterritorial — existing between territories: interterritorial laws.
- judicial inquiry — a formal legal investigation conducted into a matter of public concern by a judge, appointed by the government
- long-wire aerial — a travelling-wave aerial consisting of one or more conductors, the length of which usually exceeds several wavelengths
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- marsupialization — (surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
- material culture — the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- non-experiential — pertaining to or derived from experience.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- official referee — (in England) a circuit judge attached to the High Court who is empowered to try certain cases, esp where a detailed examination of accounts or other documents is involved
- oligodendroglial — Of or pertaining to the oligodendroglia.
- on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
- parochial school — a primary or secondary private school supervised by a religious organization, especially a Roman Catholic day school affiliated with a parish or a holy order.
- parochialization — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
- partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- partial pressure — the pressure that a gas in a mixture of gases would exert if it occupied the same volume as the mixture at the same temperature.
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- premillennialism — the doctrine or belief that the Second Coming of Christ will precede the millennium.
- premillennialize — to support or believe in premillennialism.
- quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
- quadrimillennial — Occurring every four thousand years.
- quasi-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- quatercentennial — pertaining to or marking a period of 400 years.
- quintessentially — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
- racial profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
- radial (arm) saw — a circular saw suspended from a pivoted horizontal arm along which it can be moved
- radial paralysis — paralysis of a forelimb as a result of loss of function of the radial nerve, usually following traumatic injury
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- remedial reading — instruction in reading aimed at increasing speed and comprehension by correcting poor reading habits.
- residential care — the provision by a welfare agency of a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as children in care or mentally handicapped adults