14-letter words containing s, c, i, u
- 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.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- liquor license — a licence that allows the proprietor of a store, bar, etc, to sell alcohol
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- loquaciousness — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
- material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microstomatous — having an unusually small mouth
- microstructure — the structure of a metal or alloy as observed, after etching and polishing, under a high degree of magnification.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- miscommunicate — (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misinstruction — Wrong or improper instruction.
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- mosquito coast — a coastal region in Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, E of Honduras and Nicaragua.
- mucoviscidosis — cystic fibrosis.