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14-letter words containing l, u, t, e, n

  • bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
  • bridge fluting — (on the stem of a drinking glass) flutes or facets continuing onto the underside of the bowl.
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • building trade — the economic sector comprising all companies and workers involved in construction
  • bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
  • burying beetle — a beetle of the genus Necrophorous, which buries the dead bodies of small animals by excavating beneath them, using the corpses as food for themselves and their larvae: family Silphidae
  • butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
  • butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
  • cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
  • calculatedness — the state of being calculated
  • call of nature — Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet.
  • can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • carbon neutral — A carbon neutral lifestyle, company, or activity does not cause an increase in the overall amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  • carbon-neutral — pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions: Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral; a carbon-neutral brewery.
  • central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
  • central sulcus — a deep cleft in each hemisphere of the brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe
  • centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
  • channel tunnel — the Anglo-French railway tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, between Folkestone and Coquelles, near Calais; opened in 1994
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
  • circumventable — Capable of being circumvented.
  • clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
  • clean up after — If you clean up after someone, you clean or tidy a place that they have made dirty or untidy.
  • clincher-built — clinker-built (def 2).
  • close juncture — continuity in the articulation of two successive sounds, as in the normal transition between sounds within a word; absence of juncture (opposed to open juncture). Compare juncture (def 7), open juncture, terminal juncture.
  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
  • colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
  • community life — the life and activities of a community
  • conceptual art — art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
  • conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
  • conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
  • conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
  • conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
  • concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
  • concurrent clu — (language)   A programming language extending CLU for concurrent processes, developed by by Hamilton in 1984.
  • conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
  • connaturalness — connaturality
  • conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
  • constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
  • constitutively — In a constitutive manner.
  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
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