14-letter words containing r, u, l, i, o
- floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- illustrational — of, relating to, or characteristic of illustrations: illustrational art.
- in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- 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.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.