14-letter words containing a, r, i, u, s
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- institutionary — of or relating to an institution or institutions; institutional.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- 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.
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- irregularities — the quality or state of being irregular.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- it's a feature — (jargon) From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
- leisure retail — Leisure retail is used to refer to retail outlets that attract shoppers to spend some of their free time browsing and shopping.
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- little russian — former name for one of the Ruthenian people or their dialect of Ukrainian.
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- 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.
- lower silurian — Ordovician
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.