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14-letter words containing u, l, o

  • eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
  • 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.
  • enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
  • encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
  • enclosure wall — a wall that encloses a piece of land
  • engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
  • enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
  • estivoautumnal — (mainly US) Variant spelling of 'aestivoautumnal'.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
  • 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.
  • evolutionarily — In an evolutionary manner.
  • 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
  • expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
  • exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
  • 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.
  • fallopian tube — 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.
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
  • fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
  • fault tolerant — fault tolerance
  • fault-tolerant — designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction
  • favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
  • felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
  • fellow student — sb studying at same institution
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • final solution — the Nazi program of annihilating the Jews of Europe during the Third Reich.
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
  • flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • 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.
  • fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
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