14-letter words containing l, e, u, c
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
- neglectfulness — The characteristic of being neglectful.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurogenically — by neural activity
- neurologically — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neutral corner — either of the two corners of the ring not used by the boxers between rounds.
- nicene council — either of two church councils that met at Nicaea, the first in a.d. 325 to deal with the Arian heresy, the second in a.d. 787 to consider the question of the veneration of images.
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- non-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- non-conceptual — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- non-consensual — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- non-contextual — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- non-nucleoside — any of various antiviral drugs that bind directly to reverse transcriptase and prevent RNA conversion to DNA, used in combination with other drugs to treat HIV infection.
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- nonaccountable — not accountable
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- noneducational — not educational or related to education
- nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonparticulate — Not particulate.
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- nuclear energy — energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
- nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
- nuclear winter — the general devastation of life, along with worldwide darkness and extreme cold, that some scientists believe would result from a global dust cloud screening out sunlight following large-scale nuclear detonations.
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- null character — Computers. a control character representing nothing, with the value of binary zero, but having special meaning when interpreted as text, as in marking the end of character strings.
- nulli secundus — second to none
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.