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14-letter words containing i, n, s, u, l, e

  • nulli secundus — second to none
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • oleaginousness — The state or condition of being oleaginous; oiliness, unctuousness.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • 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.
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
  • quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • quasiessential — Almost essential.
  • querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
  • quintessential — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
  • quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • 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.
  • 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
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