14-letter words containing s, u, o, l
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- household gods — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- humourlessness — Alternative spelling of humorlessness.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- 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.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hyposulphurous — relating to sulphur in a low state of oxidation
- 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.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- illustrational — of, relating to, or characteristic of illustrations: illustrational art.
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
- inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
- incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- 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.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
- interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- intuitionalism — intuitionism.
- ion propulsion — Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative electrons repelled from the vehicle by electrostatic forces, resulting in a very high exhaust velocity.
- irresoluteness — The state of being irresolute.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.