14-letter words containing a, c, u, l
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- arboricultural — Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- area pellucida — the translucent central area of the blastoderm of birds and reptiles within which the embryo develops.
- area vasculosa — that part of the area opaca in which the blood cells and vessels are formed.
- articulateness — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- assault course — An assault course is an area of land covered with obstacles such as walls which people, especially soldiers, use to improve their skills and strength.
- assault jacket — a protective jacketlike garment, armored so as to resist bullets, knives, etc., worn especially by police officers for defense against attack.
- asynchronously — In an asynchronous manner.
- atlas autocode — (language) The Autocode for the Ferranti Atlas, which may have been the first commercial computer with hardware-paged virtual memory. Whereas other autocodes were basically assembly languages, Atlas Autocode was high-level and block-structured, resembling a cross between Fortran and ALGOL 60. It had call-by value, loops, declarations, complex numbers, pointers, heap and stack storage generators, dynamic arrays, and extensible syntax.
- auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
- auger-electron — a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
- author catalog — a catalog whose entries are listed by author, editor, compiler, translator, or other party considered to have responsibility for the creation or assembly of the work specified.
- autocollimator — an instrument combining the functions of a telescope and collimator, for detecting and measuring very small deviations in a beam of light.
- autocorrelator — (electronics) A device that modifies a signal with a delayed copy of itself in order to detect any periodic signal hidden in the noise.
- 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.
- average clause — a clause in an insurance policy that distributes the insurance among several items, usually in proportion to their value
- 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.
- ball of muscle — a very strong, fit, or forceful person
- balsaminaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Balsaminaceae, a family of flowering plants, including balsam and touch-me-not, that have irregular flowers and explosive capsules
- barbecue grill — a grill used in barbecuing
- bascule bridge — a kind of drawbridge counterweighted so that it can be raised and lowered easily
- bascule-bridge — a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
- battle cruiser — A battle cruiser is a large fast warship that is lighter than a battleship and moves more easily.
- beach umbrella — a large umbrella used as a sunshade on the beach
- 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
- béchamel sauce — a thick white sauce flavoured with onion and seasonings
- bechamel-sauce — a white sauce, sometimes seasoned with onion and nutmeg.
- becquerel rays — rays given off by radioactive substances
- bengal catechu — catechu.
- bermuda collar — a narrow, pointed collar on a woman's dress or blouse
- bicuspid valve — mitral valve
- bilious attack — a group of symptoms consisting of headache, abdominal pain, and constipation
- bioequivalence — the equality of strength, bioavailability, and dosage of various drug products
- biscuit barrel — an airtight container of circular section equipped with a lid and used for storing biscuits
- black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
- black bullhead — a common freshwater catfish, Ictalurus melas, of North America, considered by some to be a food delicacy.
- black mulberry — a small deciduous tree, Morus nigra, with small leaves, producing edible fruit
- black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
- black squirrel — a fox squirrel or gray squirrel in that color phase in which the fur is black.
- black-and-blue — (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise
- 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
- boulder canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, above Boulder Dam.
- brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
- brazil current — a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean flowing SE along the E coast of Brazil.