14-letter words containing n, o, l, i, t, u
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- 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.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
- longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- lotus position — a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.
- 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).
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
- miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- misutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
- mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- multi-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- multi-location — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
- multinationals — Plural form of multinational.
- multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
- multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines
- multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
- national trust — (in Britain) an organization concerned with the preservation of historic buildings and monuments and areas of the countryside of great beauty in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1895 and incorporated by act of parliament in 1907. The National Trust for Scotland was founded in 1931
- naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
- naturalization — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.