14-letter words containing a, p, u, l, e
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
- hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- keep a lookout — If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
- lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- louis napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- male menopause — a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- marmalade plum — sapote.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- metal paste-up — a method for making up a form for printing in which engravings mounted on blocks are positioned on and pasted to a metal base.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.