16-letter words containing ns
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- house of commons — the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
- huygens eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses, the plane sides of which both face the eye.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
- inconsolableness — The quality of being inconsolable.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
- inmos transputer — transputer
- insect repellent — chemical that deters insects
- instability line — a nonfrontal line of convective activity in the atmosphere, usually several hundred miles long but of relatively brief duration.
- installation art — art that is created, constructed, or installed on the site where it is exhibited, often incorporating materials or physical features on the site.
- installment plan — a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.
- institutionalise — Alternative spelling of institutionalize.
- institutionalism — the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
- institutionalist — the system of institutions or organized societies devoted to public, charitable, or similar purposes.
- institutionalize — to make institutional.
- instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
- instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- insufferableness — The state of being insufferable.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
- insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- intensifications — Plural form of intensification.
- interconnections — Plural form of interconnection.
- interconsonantal — immediately following a consonant and preceding a consonant, as the a in pat.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
- intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
- intrinsic parity — parity1 (def 4b).
- intussusceptions — Plural form of intussusception.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- johnston's organ — a sense organ in the second segment of the antenna of an insect, sensitive to movements of the antenna's flagellum, as when the insect is in flight.
- junior's license — a driver's license issued to people under the age of 18
- keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- kunlun mountains — mountain system in W China, between Tibet & Xinjiang: highest peak, c. 25,300 ft (7,711 m)
- labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.