14-letter words containing t, i, l, u
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
- liquiritigenin — (organic compound) A flavanone found in a variety of plants including liquorice.
- little russian — former name for one of the Ruthenian people or their dialect of Ukrainian.
- liturgiologist — a person who studies liturgiology
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lotus position — a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.
- louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.
- low-resolution — of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (opposed to high-resolution).
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
- marital status — whether or not one is married
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
- maturity yield — Finance. the rate of return on a bond expressed as a percentage that accounts for the difference between the interest earned based on current market value and that earned if the bond is held to maturity.
- mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- metatextuality — A form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- milling cutter — any of various rotating toothed cutters used in a milling machine to cut or shape metal parts