16-letter words containing lum
- advice columnist — An advice columnist is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
- aluminium bronze — any of a range of copper alloys that contain between 5 and 10 per cent aluminium
- aluminosilicates — Plural form of aluminosilicate.
- aluminum acetate — a compound that in the form of its normal salt, Al(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 , obtained as a white, water-soluble, amorphous powder, is used chiefly in medicine as an astringent and as an antiseptic, and in the form of its basic salt, Al(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 OH, obtained as a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, is used chiefly in the textile industry as a waterproofing agent, as a fireproofing agent, and as a mordant.
- aluminum carbide — a yellow, crystalline solid, Al 4 C 3 , that reacts with water to form methane.
- aluminum nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Al(NO 3) 3 ⋅9H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing cotton.
- aluminum sulfate — a white crystalline salt, Al2(SO4)3, made by treating bauxite or clay with sulfuric acid: it is used in sizing paper, purifying water, fixing dyes, tanning, etc.
- basic curriculum — in England and Wales, the National Curriculum plus religious education
- breeding plumage — the plumage assumed by a male bird during the courtship period, especially in those species that are more colorful at this period.
- british columbia — a province of W Canada, on the Pacific coast: largely mountainous with extensive forests, rich mineral resources, and important fisheries. Capital: Victoria. Pop: 4 400 057 (2011 est). Area: 930 532 sq km (359 279 sq miles)
- chemiluminescent — Of, pertaining to, or employing chemiluminescence.
- chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.
- clearance volume — The clearance volume is the volume remaining above the piston of an engine when it reaches top dead center.
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
- companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
- complex pendulum — a complex structure mounted so that it can swing freely under the influence of gravity
- conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
- curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
- dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
- gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
- gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
- hydrated alumina — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- molecular volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a substance
- non-illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
- photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
- plumber's helper — plunger (def 3).
- political asylum — asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.
- sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
- sonoluminescence — the emission of a flash of light accompanying the bursting of a bubble in a liquid when sound waves are passed through the liquid.
- take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- 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.
- vertebral column — spinal column.
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