14-letter words containing i, n, s, c, u
- exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- excommunicates — Plural form of excommunicate.
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
- fictitiousness — The state of being fictitious.
- fine structure — a group of lines that are observed in the spectra of certain elements, as hydrogen, and that are caused by various couplings of the azimuthal quantum number and the angular momentum quantum number.
- fire insurance — insurance covering any loss or damage caused by fire.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- gaussian curve — normal curve.
- geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- in consequence — the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
- in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- incense burner — container in which fragrance is burned
- incestuousness — The state or property of being incestuous.
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.