14-letter words containing s, o, l, e, a
- inviolableness — The quality or state of being inviolable.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irrationalness — The quality of being irrational.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- italian sonnet — Petrarchan sonnet.
- jacob's ladder — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. caeruleum (or P. van-bruntiae), having blue, cup-shaped flowers and paired leaflets in a ladderlike arrangement.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
- lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- languorousness — The quality of being languorous.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- lay sb to rest — If you say that someone who has died is laid to rest, you mean that they are buried.
- lay waste (to) — to destroy; devastate; make desolate
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- lepontine alps — a range of the S central Alps, in S Switzerland and N Italy. Highest peak: Monte Leone, 3553 m (11 657 ft)
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.