14-letter words containing s, c, i, u
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- nulli secundus — second to none
- numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- officious will — a will by which the testator gives his or her property to the natural objects of such bounty, as the family.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- over-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- oversubscribed — If something such as an event or a service is oversubscribed, too many people apply to attend the event or use the service.
- oversuspicious — too suspicious
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parish council — local administrative body
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- 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
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- 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.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumoconiosis — any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- poetic justice — an ideal distribution of rewards and punishments such as is common in some poetry and fiction.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
- postproduction — (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- prairie crocus — a spring flower of the buttercup family