14-letter words containing c, l, e, a, n, u
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- 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.
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- 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.
- haven't a clue — If you haven't a clue about something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- 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.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- 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.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
- in full career — at full speed
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- ineluctability — The state or condition of being ineluctable.
- 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.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
- 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)
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
- 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
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
- 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
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- 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.