14-letter words containing l, o, u, p
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- follow-up call — a telephone call made as a follow-up to a letter, fax, meeting, etc
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- fountain plant — Joseph's-coat.
- full professor — professor (def 1).
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
- go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
- hyposulphurous — relating to sulphur in a low state of oxidation
- hypothalamus's — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- ion propulsion — Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative electrons repelled from the vehicle by electrostatic forces, resulting in a very high exhaust velocity.