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14-letter words containing n, o, l, i, t, u

  • tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • toronto euclid — (language)   The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
  • transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
  • tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
  • ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
  • ultra-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
  • unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
  • unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
  • unpropitiously — in an unfavourable or inauspicious manner
  • unproportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
  • unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
  • unrationalized — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
  • unromantically — in an unromantic manner
  • untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
  • upton sinclairHarry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
  • ural mountains — a mountain system in W central Russia, extending over 2000 km (1250 miles) from the Arctic Ocean towards the Aral Sea: forms part of the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia; one of the richest mineral areas in the world, with many associated major industrial centres. Highest peak: Mount Narodnaya, 1894 m (6214 ft)
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • vertical union — industrial union.
  • vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
  • vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
  • vowel mutation — umlaut (def 2).
  • vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
  • yellowfin tuna — an important food fish, Thunnus albacares, inhabiting warm seas.
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