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14-letter words containing r, u, l, e, s, c

  • multi-cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
  • natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
  • non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
  • oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • people's court — small-claims court.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
  • piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
  • pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
  • port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
  • portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • precious coral — red coral.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • process colour — any of the four colours (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) used in process printing
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
  • putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
  • quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
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