14-letter words containing a, c, u, s, l
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- dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- encaustic tile — a tile produced using the encaustic technique
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- excess luggage — luggage that is greater in weight or in number of pieces than an airline, etc, will carry free
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- garlic sausage — sausage meat flavoured with garlic
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated