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14-letter words containing a, c, t, u, l

  • autocratically — In an autocratic manner.
  • autopilot code — (jargon, humour)   Code that was written by a programmer on "auto-pilot" who wasn't really thinking about what they were doing.
  • azimuth circle — a device for measuring azimuths, consisting of a graduated ring equipped with a sighting vane on each side, which fits concentrically over a compass.
  • baccalaureates — Plural form of baccalaureate.
  • back catalogue — A musical performer's back catalogue is the music which they recorded and released in the past rather than their latest recordings.
  • battle cruiser — A battle cruiser is a large fast warship that is lighter than a battleship and moves more easily.
  • beaufort scale — an international scale of wind velocities ranging for practical purposes from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force). In the US an extension of the scale, from 13 to 17 for winds over 64 knots, is used
  • beauty culture — the skill or occupation of a beautician
  • bengal catechu — catechu.
  • bilious attack — a group of symptoms consisting of headache, abdominal pain, and constipation
  • biscuit barrel — an airtight container of circular section equipped with a lid and used for storing biscuits
  • block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
  • block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
  • brazil current — a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean flowing SE along the E coast of Brazil.
  • bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
  • breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • buckwheat coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 5/16 to 9/16 inch (7.9 to 13.9 m).
  • bug-compatible — Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (especially) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as a path separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0."
  • cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
  • calculatedness — the state of being calculated
  • call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
  • campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
  • can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
  • capital budget — a budget for major capital or investment expenditures
  • capital outlay — a capital expenditure.
  • carbon neutral — A carbon neutral lifestyle, company, or activity does not cause an increase in the overall amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  • carbon-neutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • card catalogue — a catalogue of books, papers, etc, filed on cards
  • castrop-rauxel — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 78 208 (2003 est)
  • casual contact — the level of contact at which a person is not subject to contracting a communicable disease from another, especially nonsexual contact with a person infected with a venereal disease.
  • cathedral hull — a motorboat hull having a bottom characterized by two or more, usually three, V -shaped hull profiles meeting below the waterline.
  • central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
  • central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
  • centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
  • channel tunnel — the Anglo-French railway tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, between Folkestone and Coquelles, near Calais; opened in 1994
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • chartered club — a private club licensed to serve alcohol to members
  • christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
  • circular light — light that is circularly polarized.
  • circular pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • circumambulate — to walk around (something)
  • circumgalactic — (astronomy) Surrounding a galaxy.
  • circumlittoral — adjoining the shore
  • circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
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