14-letter words containing a, l, o, u, i, t
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- illustrational — of, relating to, or characteristic of illustrations: illustrational art.
- in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
- insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- intuitionalism — intuitionism.
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.