14-letter words containing c, n, u
- 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.
- licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- 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.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loud and clear — loudly and clearly
- lu-wang school — School of Mind.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
- 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.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- magic mountain — a novel (1924) by Thomas Mann.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- 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
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- microminiature — built on an extremely small scale, smaller than subminiature, especially of electronic equipment with small solid-state components in the place of vacuum tubes.
- micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- milling cutter — any of various rotating toothed cutters used in a milling machine to cut or shape metal parts
- minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.