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

  • holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
  • inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
  • inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
  • inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
  • infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
  • insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
  • insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
  • insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
  • insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
  • interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
  • interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
  • 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.
  • king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
  • kleene closure — Kleene star
  • knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
  • knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
  • l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
  • lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
  • lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
  • lecture course — a series of lectures on a particular subject
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • 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.
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • leucocytolysis — the destruction of leucocytes
  • leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
  • 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.
  • licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
  • 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
  • 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.
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