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16-letter words containing ni

  • automanipulation — physical stimulation of one's own genitals.
  • avalon peninsula — a large peninsula of Newfoundland, between Trinity and Placentia Bays. Area: about 10 000 sq km (4000 sq miles)
  • azuero peninsula — a peninsula in SW Panama, bordered on the E by the Gulf of Panama.
  • babylonian exile — the exile of the Jews, deported by Nebuchadnezzar into Babylonia in 597 b.c. and permitted to return by Cyrus in 538 b.c.
  • balkan peninsula — a large peninsula in SE Europe, between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas
  • bargaining agent — an organization, usually a trade union, that acts or bargains on behalf of a group of employees in collective bargaining
  • bargaining level — the level within an organizational hierarchy, such as company level, national level, etc, at which collective bargaining takes place
  • bargaining power — the ability of a person, group, or organization to exert influence over another party in a negotiation in order to achieve a deal which is favourable to themselves
  • bargaining scope — the range of topics within the scope of a particular set of negotiations leading to a collective agreement
  • bargaining table — a table around which the parties involved in a negotiation sit
  • benito mussolini — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Italian be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Italian bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), (I"Il Duce") 1883–1945, Italian Fascist leader: premier of Italy 1922–43.
  • biomagnification — biological magnification.
  • black nightshade — a poisonous solanaceous plant, Solanum nigrum, a common weed in cultivated land, having small white flowers with backward-curved petals and black berry-like fruits
  • blended learning — the use of both classroom teaching and on-line learning
  • blenheim spaniel — a variety of toy spaniel that is white with reddish-brown spots
  • botanical garden — a place where collections of plants and trees are kept for scientific study and exhibition
  • breast screening — a radiological or other examination of a woman's breasts to check for signs of cancer
  • brittany spaniel — a short-tailed French bird dog that typically has a smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat
  • bronchopneumonia — inflammation of the lungs, originating in the bronchioles
  • burning question — urgent matter for discussion
  • cabinet minister — a minister who is a member of the cabinet
  • caledonian canal — a canal in N Scotland, linking the Atlantic with the North Sea through the Great Glen: built 1803–47; now used mostly for leisure boating
  • california poppy — a papaveraceous plant, Eschscholtzia californica, of the Pacific coast of North America, having yellow or orange flowers and finely divided bluish-green leaves
  • california quail — a quail, Callipepla californica, of the western coast of the U.S., having grayish-brown plumage with black, white, and chestnut markings.
  • canine distemper — distemper1 (def 1a).
  • cassini division — the gap or dark region between the two main outer rings of Saturn: it has a width of about 4,700 km (2,920 mi)
  • centennial state — Colorado (used as a nickname).
  • chauvinistically — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
  • chief technician — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior to a flight sergeant
  • chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
  • chlorpheniramine — an antihistaminic compound, C 20 H 23 ClN 2 O 4 , used in treating the symptoms of allergies.
  • chorioamnionitis — Inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion) due to a bacterial infection, most often associated with prolonged labour.
  • choriomeningitis — (medicine) A form of cerebral meningitis associated with inflammation of the choroid plexus.
  • chorionic villus — one of the branching outgrowths of the chorion that, together with maternal tissue, form the placenta.
  • christening robe — a long white dress worn by a baby at his or her christening
  • chronic glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • circuit training — Circuit training is a type of physical training in which you do a series of different exercises, each for a few minutes.
  • cisaconitic acid — a stereoisomer of 1-propene-1,2,3 tricarboxylic acid, C 6 H 6 O 6 , an important intermediate in the Krebs cycle.
  • civic university — (in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city
  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clinically obese — overweight to a degree which causes medical complications
  • closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
  • coadministration — Joint administration.
  • collaborationism — The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy.
  • collaborationist — A collaborationist government or individual is one that helps or gives support to the enemy during the war.
  • colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
  • combining weight — the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.
  • communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
  • communion sunday — any Sunday on which communion is administered.
  • communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
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