14-letter words containing n, e, s, u
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- little russian — former name for one of the Ruthenian people or their dialect of Ukrainian.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- louis napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
- lower silurian — Ordovician
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- male menopause — a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- malodorousness — The state or condition of being malodorous.
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
- meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
- messier number — a number (preceded by M) designating the 109 double stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the Messier catalog.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- miscommunicate — (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment