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14-letter words containing c, a, r, u, n, l

  • dracula, count — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
  • dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
  • duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
  • electroneutral — (physics) Having no net electric charge.
  • enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • general public — people in general
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • in full career — at full speed
  • inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
  • 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.
  • insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • interarticular — of or relating to the joints.
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
  • intraarticular — (anatomy) Situated within a joint.
  • intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
  • 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.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • loud and clear — loudly and clearly
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
  • mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
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