14-letter words containing e, n, r, o, u
- intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- internucleonic — internuclear
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- jeunesse doree — rich and fashionable young people
- journal bronze — an alloy of about 83 percent copper, 13 percent tin, 3 percent zinc, and 1 percent lead.
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- juicing orange — an orange that is grown especially for its juice, for example the Valencia orange
- junior college — a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.
- junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
- junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- kleene closure — Kleene star
- languorousness — The quality of being languorous.
- lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
- lemon squeezer — tool for extracting juice from lemons
- lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- loan guarantee — an undertaking by a government to pay a debt if the borrower defaults
- long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- loud and clear — loudly and clearly
- low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
- lower silurian — Ordovician
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
- manuel noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.