14-letter words containing m, e, r, l
- under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- undeterminable — capable of being determined.
- universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
- universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- unmarriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmaterialized — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unremorsefully — in an unremorseful or impenitent manner
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- untransmutable — intransmutable
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
- verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- volunteer army — a military force composed entirely of enlistees.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- waste material — a useless by-product of an industrial process
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- well-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- western omelet — an omelet prepared with diced green peppers, onions, and ham.
- white mulberry — See under mulberry (def 2).
- wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
- women's libber — a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- world premiere — the first public performance of a play, motion picture, musical work, etc.
- worldly-minded — having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.
- xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines
- yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.
- yellow emperor — the legendary first emperor of China.
- you're welcome — You say 'You're welcome' to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.
- yttrium metals — a series of closely related metals including yttrium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, and sometimes, terbium, gadolinium, and dysprosium
- yttrocolumbite — Yttrotantalite.
- zonal geranium — a widely cultivated plant, Pelargonium hortorum, having white, pink, or red flowers and rounded leaves that are sometimes banded or blotched with contrasting colors.