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14-letter words containing c, l, o, n, u, s

  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • parish council — local administrative body
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
  • qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
  • racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
  • ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
  • rossel current — a seasonal Pacific Ocean current, a branch of the South Equatorial Current, flowing W and NW past New Guinea.
  • rostral column — a memorial column having sculptures representing the rams of ancient ships.
  • runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
  • sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
  • sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
  • school council — a group of pupils who are elected by fellow pupils to represent their school and think of ideas for improving it
  • school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
  • secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
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