14-letter words containing i, n, o, c, u
- indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
- induction coil — a transformer for producing high-voltage alternating current from a low-voltage direct current, consisting essentially of two concentric coils with a common soft-iron core, a primary coil with relatively few windings of heavy wire, and a secondary coil with many turns of fine wire. Excitation of the primary coil by rapidly interrupted or variable current induces high voltage in the secondary coil.
- 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
- infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- injection pump — An injection pump is a device that supplies fuel under pressure to the injector of a fuel injection system.
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- intercommunion — mutual communion, association, or relations.
- intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
- internucleonic — internuclear
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- joint compound — a plasterlike material used to cover joints or the heads of screws in drywall or plasterboard.
- 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
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- justifications — Plural form of justification.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- kissing cousin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- 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
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- 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.