14-letter words containing a, c, u, s, l
- survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
- tax consultant — a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs, esp on legal ways of paying less tax
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- trucial states — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- ultrarealistic — extremely realistic
- ultrastructure — the structures of a cell that are revealed by electron microscopy.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- uncollectables — things that are not collectable
- unconscionable — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- unconscionably — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- ungracefulness — the state of being ungraceful
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- unscripturally — in an unscriptural manner
- unspecifically — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- unsystematical — unsystematic
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- urbanistically — of or relating to urbanism.
- valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- vascular plant — a plant having a vascular system.
- vesa local bus — (hardware, standard) (VL, VLB) A local bus defined by the Video Electronics Standards Association, mostly used in personal computers based on the Intel 486. See also PCI.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.