14-letter words containing a, m, i, l
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
- uncommunicable — incommunicable.
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unidimensional — one-dimensional.
- unilluminating — not serving to instruct or give insights
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- unmalleability — an unmalleable state or condition
- unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmaterialized — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
- unromantically — in an unromantic manner
- unsystematical — unsystematic
- ural mountains — a mountain system in W central Russia, extending over 2000 km (1250 miles) from the Arctic Ocean towards the Aral Sea: forms part of the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia; one of the richest mineral areas in the world, with many associated major industrial centres. Highest peak: Mount Narodnaya, 1894 m (6214 ft)
- Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
- utilitarianism — the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
- vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
- vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
- vibratory mill — A vibratory mill is a machine for grinding something, in which the feed and grinding medium are between two surfaces which vibrate against each other.
- viola da gamba — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held on or between the knees: superseded by the modern violoncello; bass viol.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- well motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- well-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- whachamacallit — an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall.
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
- william bowman — William Scott ("Scotty") born 1933, Canadian hockey coach.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- windmill grass — finger grass.
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world