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14-letter words containing r, u, n, i

  • jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
  • jesuits' resin — an oleoresin obtained from several tropical, chiefly South American trees belonging to the genus Copaifera, of the legume family, used chiefly in varnishes and lacquers, for removing old oil varnish from or for brightening oil paintings, and formerly in medicine in the treatment of certain mucous-membrane conditions.
  • jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
  • jeune premiere — the female juvenile lead in a play or movie.
  • journal intime — a personal or private diary.
  • journalization — to tell or relate as one would in keeping a journal.
  • jugurthine war — an unsuccessful war waged against the Romans (112–105 bc) by Jugurtha, king of Numidia (died 104)
  • juicing orange — an orange that is grown especially for its juice, for example the Valencia orange
  • jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
  • junior college — a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.
  • junior counsel — a body of barristers who are lower in rank than the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel, and who plead outside the bar in the court.
  • junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
  • 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.
  • kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
  • karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
  • karnatak music — the classical music of South India
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
  • khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • kiln run brick — any of various bricks of sufficient hardness to be exposed to the weather.
  • labor unionist — unionist (def 2).
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • landing ground — airfield
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • latitudinarian — allowing or characterized by latitude in opinion or conduct, especially in religious views.
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • leibniz's rule — a rule for finding the derivative of the product of two functions. For a first derivative it is d(uv)/dx = udv/dx + vdu/dx
  • leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.
  • lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
  • licence number — an identifying number on a licence or licence plate that identifies it with the owner
  • license number — The license number of a car or other road vehicle is the series of letters and numbers that are shown at the front and back of it.
  • life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
  • life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
  • light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
  • linear measure — any system for measuring length.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
  • 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.
  • liquiritigenin — (organic compound) A flavanone found in a variety of plants including liquorice.
  • liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
  • little russian — former name for one of the Ruthenian people or their dialect of Ukrainian.
  • liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
  • living picture — tableau (def 3).
  • long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
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