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

  • cruciverbalism — the compilation of crosswords
  • cruciverbalist — a crossword puzzle enthusiast
  • cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
  • cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
  • curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
  • delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
  • delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
  • despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
  • despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • diffuse nebula — nebula (def 1a).
  • diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
  • diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
  • disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
  • discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
  • discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
  • disdainfulness — The state or quality of being disdainful.
  • disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disequilibrium — lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
  • disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
  • disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
  • disillusionise — Alternative spelling of disillusionize.
  • disillusionize — to disillusion.
  • disingenuously — In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
  • disk duplexing — (hardware, storage)   A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
  • disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
  • dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
  • distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
  • diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
  • diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
  • documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • dot-sequential — of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
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