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14-letter words containing t, u, r, i, c, l

  • discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
  • diverticulated — having diverticula
  • diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
  • diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • electrocutions — Plural form of electrocution.
  • elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
  • equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
  • exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
  • excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
  • extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • fertility cult — a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity.
  • fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
  • floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
  • fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
  • futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
  • horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
  • in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
  • inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
  • indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
  • indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
  • indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
  • inscrutability — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
  • 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.
  • insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
  • insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • interarticular — of or relating to the joints.
  • interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
  • interlocutions — Plural form of interlocution.
  • interlocutress — A female interlocutor.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
  • internucleonic — internuclear
  • intraarticular — (anatomy) Situated within a joint.
  • intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
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