14-letter words containing s, l, u, m
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- 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.
- hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- humourlessness — Alternative spelling of humorlessness.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypothalamus's — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- 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.
- intermenstrual — Between menstrual periods.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- intuitionalism — intuitionism.
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- kamloops trout — a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
- lemon squeezer — tool for extracting juice from lemons
- lesser omentum — an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.
- 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.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- macromolecules — Plural form of macromolecule.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages