14-letter words containing a, e, l, u, r
- conceptual art — art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- connaturalness — connaturality
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- consul general — a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- corticonuclear — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
- counterassault — a counterattack
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- cranial suture — a type of immovable joint between the bones of the skull
- cream-coloured — cream in colour
- creatureliness — creatural.
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- critical value — the value of the random variable at the boundary between the acceptance region and the rejection region in the testing of a hypothesis.
- croquet mallet — the wooden mallet used by a croquet player
- cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
- cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cultured pearl — A cultured pearl is a pearl that is created by putting sand or grit into an oyster.
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cutlery drawer — a drawer in which cutlery is kept
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.