14-letter words containing u, l, o, c
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- euclidean norm — (mathematics) The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
- flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- flower-de-luce — the iris flower or plant.
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
- fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- follow-up call — a telephone call made as a follow-up to a letter, fax, meeting, etc
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- fuel injection — the spraying of liquid fuel into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
- glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.