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14-letter words containing r, o, t, u, n

  • incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
  • indian country — (especially during the U.S. westward migration) any region where one was likely to encounter Indians, especially hostile Indians.
  • indoor-outdoor — designed or constructed to be used either indoors or outdoors: indoor-outdoor carpeting.
  • induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards
  • inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
  • institutionary — of or relating to an institution or institutions; institutional.
  • instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
  • insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
  • insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
  • insurmountable — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
  • inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
  • interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
  • intercommunion — mutual communion, association, or relations.
  • intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
  • interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
  • interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
  • interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
  • interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • internucleonic — internuclear
  • interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
  • intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
  • intracutaneous — within the skin.
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
  • jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
  • journal intime — a personal or private diary.
  • journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
  • junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
  • junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
  • kangaroo court — a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, especially one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison.
  • khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
  • knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
  • labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
  • lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
  • lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
  • 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.
  • loan guarantee — an undertaking by a government to pay a debt if the borrower defaults
  • long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
  • long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • 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 tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
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