14-letter words containing a, l, o, u, e
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- 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
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- uncollectables — things that are not collectable
- uncommunicable — incommunicable.
- uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
- unconscionable — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- unidimensional — one-dimensional.
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- union language — a form of a language, used in literature and for official and educational purposes, that combines vocabulary and grammatical features from a number of related dialects, thus representing a compromise between them.
- universal soul — Brahman in its aspect as the sacred syllable Om, the eternal and spiritual principle that permeates the universe
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unrationalized — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.