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14-letter words containing l, o, u, d, n

  • incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
  • indian buffalo — a member of the cattle tribe, Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns. Domesticated forms are used as draught animals
  • 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.
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
  • landing ground — airfield
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
  • libidinousness — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
  • 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.
  • liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
  • long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
  • 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-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
  • lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
  • loud and clear — loudly and clearly
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
  • mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
  • monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
  • mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
  • multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • 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.
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • neuromodulator — any of various substances, as certain hormones and amino acids, that influence the function of neurons but do not act as neurotransmitters.
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • neutral ground — a median strip on a highway or boulevard, especially one planted with grass.
  • newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
  • non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
  • non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • non-judgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
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