14-letter words containing n, i, e, c
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
- licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
- license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
- licensing laws — In Britain, the licensing laws are the laws which control the selling of alcoholic drinks.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lichenological — relating to lichenology
- 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.
- life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.
- light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lincoln center — a centre for the performing arts in New York City, including theatres, a library, and a school
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linolenic acid — colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- lip microphone — a microphone designed and shaped to be held close to the mouth, for use in noisy environments
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- local election — an election to select members for a local council
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lorraine cross — cross of Lorraine.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
- machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
- macroeconomics — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- magnetic chart — a chart showing the magnetic properties of a portion of the earth's surface, as dip, variation, and intensity.
- magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.