14-letter words containing c, a, t, u
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
- indian currant — a shrub, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of the honeysuckle family, found from South Dakota and Texas to the eastern coast of the U.S., having hairy leaves, inconspicuous white flowers, and reddish-purple fruit.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- 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.
- intellectually — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- interarticular — of or relating to the joints.
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
- intraarticular — (anatomy) Situated within a joint.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- judge advocate — a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- just/you watch — You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- justifications — Plural form of justification.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kangaroo court — a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, especially one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison.
- karnatak music — the classical music of South India
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- 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
- leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia