14-letter words containing n, e, u, t
- intertextually — In an intertextual way.
- intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
- intestinal flu — influenza with abdominal symptoms, as diarrhea or vomiting.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
- involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
- irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- jesuits' resin — an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for brightening oil paintings, and formerly in medicine in the treatment of certain mucous-membrane conditions.
- jesus movement — Christian movement that combined a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- job evaluation — the analysis of the relationship between jobs in an organization: often used as a basis for a wages structure
- journal intime — a personal or private diary.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- juvenilization — The act or process of juvenilizing.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
- language death — the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers.
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
- leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
- leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.
- lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.