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15-letter words containing u, l, e, n

  • double standard — any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (def 1).
  • double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
  • double-entendre — a double meaning.
  • doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
  • dumbbell nebula — the planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, which in photographs appears to have the shape of a dumbbell.
  • duplex printing — a feature of some printers allowing them automatically to do double-sided printing
  • duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
  • e pluribus unum — one out of many: the motto of the USA
  • eastern rumelia — an autonomous province in the Balkan peninsula, part of the Ottoman Empire, ceded in 1885 to Bulgaria
  • edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
  • elastic rebound — a theory of earthquakes that envisages gradual deformation of the fault zone without fault slippage until friction is overcome, when the fault suddenly slips to produce the earthquake
  • elections judge — someone who oversees an election
  • electrocutioner — A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.
  • electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
  • emission nebula — a type of nebula that emits visible radiation
  • endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
  • english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
  • entrepreneurial — Characterized by the taking of financial risks in the hope of profit; enterprising.
  • epsilon squared — (jargon)   A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
  • equalitarianism — Egalitarianism.
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
  • ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
  • eviction clause — a clause by which a contract or other agreement may be terminated, especially between theatrical producers and theater owners in whose agreements it is often stipulated that when weekly receipts fall below a certain minimum usually for two consecutive weeks, the production must vacate the theater.
  • exclusion order — law: ban spouse from home
  • exhaustlessness — the quality of being exhaustless
  • expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • family business — company owned and run by a family
  • fault tolerance — (architecture)   1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
  • fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
  • ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
  • field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
  • field of honour — the place or scene of a battle or duel, esp of jousting tournaments in medieval times
  • field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
  • flag lieutenant — an admiral's ADC
  • flange coupling — a driving coupling between rotating shafts that consists of flanges (or half couplings) one of which is fixed at the end of each shaft, the two flanges being bolted together with a ring of bolts to complete the drive
  • flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
  • flapping router — (networking)   A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • fleming's rules — two rules used as mnemonics for the relationship between the directions of current flow, motion, and magnetic field in electromagnetic induction. The hand is held with the thumb, first, and second fingers at right angles, respectively indicating the directions of motion, field, and electric current. The left hand is used for electric motors and the right hand for dynamos
  • flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
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